Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren for a Brown & Bigelow artwork, though it appears the final composition shifted somewhat, as this bears resemblance to a few different published pieces. Gil Elvgren took, on average, one week to complete each of the 400+ pin-up paintings he created […]
Artist: Gil Elvgren
This original fine art figure study by the pre-eminent pin-up illustrator comes from a collection of Gil Elvgren preliminary graphite drawings that we acquired which were found in a house in Sarasota, Florida where the artist once lived. With restraint and a detailed eye towards anatomy, the artist captures a brunette with a contemplative pose, offering a […]
Artist: Gil Elvgren
This interior illustration published in the July 17th 1954 issue of the Saturday Evening Post comes from the estate of the artist Edwin Georgi. The image shows a couple on a tense afternoon drive, and appeared on the second page of the first installment of the serialized mystery “Invitation to Murder.” A copy of […]
Artist: Edwin Georgi
This beautiful and mysterious illustration by Edwin Georgi was created in 1954 as illustration for an interior story in the Saturday Evening Post. Later, a very similar but more tightly rendered variation on this theme would appear in Redbook Magazine illustrating a story titled Marry For Money. While we have been unable to locate […]
Artist: Edwin Georgi
Enric Torres-Prat and Selecciones Ilustradas In this original oil on board cover painting for an as-of-yet unidentified crime paperback, Enric Torres-Prat, better known simply as Enric, draws on the style of Robert McGinnis to create a montage featuring a redheaded femme fatale and an oversized purple gun. Please note, the gun is applied via a […]
Artist: Enric
Marjorie, pin-up model and more This charcoal on paper sketch shows Marjorie Shuttleworth, one of Gil Elvgren’s favorite models in the 1960s in a gorgeous good girl portrait view. Along with modeling for some of Elvgren’s best pin-up paintings, Shuttleworth and Elvgren began a personal romantic relationship after the death of his wife Janet in […]
Artist: Gil Elvgren
This remarkable, large, and colorful pastel by Billy Devorss was created for pin up calendar use and published under the title The Flame Girl.
Artist: Billy Devorss
A beautiful original late 1920s pen and ink drawing by Cardwell Higgins designed as greeting card art.
Artist: Cardwell Higgins
A beautiful original 1930 dated pen and ink drawing by Cardwell Higgins titled “Out of the earth you came.”
Artist: Cardwell Higgins
A beautiful original late 1920s pen and ink drawing by Cardwell Higgins titled “Playthings of Eternity.” A stunning example from the prolific illustrator.
Artist: Cardwell Higgins
