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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

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    This is a fabulous example of Gil Elvgren’s pin-up work for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company of Saint Paul, MN. This was created and published in 1955 with the title of Welcome Traveler and is one of the finest Elvgren paintings this gallery has offered. A pretty redhead perched on a tweed suitcase […]

Welcome Traveler

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  $65,000.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Brown & Bigelow, Gil Elvgren, original calendar art, pin up, redhead, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: March 23, 2021

Evening Star is a 1929 Maxfield Parrish inspired indian maiden painting by Edward Eggleston. Original illustration art for sale, make your best offer.

Evening Star

Artist: Edward Eggleston
Price:  $15,000.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, best offer, Calendar, Edward Eggleston, fantasy, Golden Age, indian maiden, Louis F. Dow, Maxfield Parrish, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: March 1, 2021

A disjointed surrealist elevated train on a platform is captured with oils on board in a dark color palette in this original painting by Alfred Statler

Elevated Train Bridge In NYC

Artist: Alfred Statler
Price:  $2,500.00

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: Alfred Statler, Andy Warhol, new york city, NYC, regionalist, Time Magazine, WPA
Added to Gallery: February 8, 2021

This 1940s painting by Alfred Statler features a bustling rush-hour NYC Subway commute envisioned almost as modern dance.

Rush Hour NYC Subway Commute

Artist: Alfred Statler
Price:  $2,500.00

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: Alfred Statler, new york city, NYC, regionalist, Subway, WPA
Added to Gallery: February 8, 2021

An original painting by Fred Rodewald which appeared as the cover of the December, 1949 edition of the digest pulp fiction title Exotic Novel Magazine.

Buy My Love

Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price: $4,500.00  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, erotic, Fred Rodewald, glamour, Golden Age, lurid, original cover art, Peggy Gaddis, pin up, pulp, risque, sleaze
Added to Gallery: October 31, 2020

Flowers of the Field by Haskell Coffin This is a lovely, published calendar girl pastel illustration by the prolific American artist and illustrator Haskel Coffin. This shows a demure, doe-eyed, delicate brunette beauty with a posey of freshly picked daisies. The illustration was published by The Osborne Calendar Company with the title, “Flowers of the […]

Flowers of the Field

Artist: Haskell Coffin
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, Calendar, Haskell Coffin, Norman Platnick, Osborne Calendar Co, pastel
Added to Gallery: September 21, 2020

Demure Woman in Straw Bonnet by J. Knowles Hare This is a large, early 1900s pastel illustration by John Knowles Hare that was created for the calendar market during the Edwardian era. In this portrait, a demure brown-eyed lass gazes out towards the viewer from underneath a stylish, wide-brimmed straw bonnet with flowers. This lovely […]

Demure Woman in Straw Bonnet

Artist: J. Knowles Hare
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Calendar, Edwardian, J. Knowles Hare, Norman Platnick, pastel
Added to Gallery: September 21, 2020

The Underwood American Girl Calendar – The Girl of the East This large Clarence Underwood gouache painting appeared as the first page in the 1909 Underwood American Girl Calendar with the title The Girl Of The East. The calendar was published by The Frederick A. Stokes Company. The image features a handsome young dapper gent […]

The Girl of the East

Artist: Clarence F. Underwood
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, Calendar, Clarence F. Underwood, Edwardian, gouache, Norman Platnick
Added to Gallery: September 21, 2020

Parisian Victorian Maiden by Hamilton King This is a fabulous, turn of-the-last-century, large pastel on tinted artist’s paper by the prolific American illustrator Hamilton King. In this portrait a Parisian Victorian beauty in a large plumed hat stylishly traverses through a windy Paris winter day. The pastel is nicely matted and framed under glass and […]

Parisian Victorian Maiden

Artist: Hamilton King
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, Edwardian, french, Hamilton King, Norman Platnick, paris, pastel, victorian
Added to Gallery: September 9, 2020

J. Knowles Hare original advertising pastel for Sunshine Biscuits This large and enchanting pastel was created by the American illustrator J. Knowles Hare as advertising calendar art for Sunshine Biscuits. This New York bakery marketed calendar girl calendars in the early 1900s under the name “The Sunshine Girl”. This example was titled “Autumn”, an original […]

The Sunshine Girl – Autumn

Artist: J. Knowles Hare
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, Equestrian, J. Knowles Hare, Norman Platnick, pastel, Sunshine Biscuits
Added to Gallery: September 9, 2020

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    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.

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