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Is My Face Red?

Artist:Earl Moran
Date:February 1948
Medium:Pastel on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 18 1/2" x 23 1/2" Framed 23" x 28"
Condition:Mint
Original Use:February Pin Up for Brown & Bigelow's 1948 Calendar Nifty Numbers
Price: S O L D
Above: Close up of Image
Above: Complete Pastel with Original Frame
Above: Verso Inscription and Markings
Above: Artist’s Signature



Wonderfully-executed, humorous, situational pin up pastel of a sexy, nude redhead caught “red handed” basking in the rays of a “modern” sun lamp.

This was given to a Brown & Bigelow retiree and has never before been on market! This pastel personifies American Pin-Up Art. The artwork retains the original period frame this is the February month calendar girl for the 12-page Brown And Bigelow Earl Moran pin-up calendar titled, Nifty Numbers. Included is a near mint condition Brown and Bigelow mutoscope vintage card with the artwork as seen.

Above: Mutoscope card by Brown and Bigelow
Above: Full 12 page Nifty Numbers Brown and Bigelow calendar included with sale .

Is My Face Red?

Artist: Earl Moran
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Brown & Bigelow, Earl Moran, Great American Pin-up, Nifty Numbers, original calendar art, pin up, redhead, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: November 3, 2003

 

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    About Grapefruit Moon Gallery

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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