Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Original Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is a thrilling, vintage and original, grayscale gouache on board by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator Samson Pollen. A classic example of 1960s men’s magazine art, this high-stakes, action-packed illustration was likely published as an interior illustration of a men’s adventure magazine. Excitement abounds in […]
Artist: Samson Pollen
Price: Sold
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Pigeon Feathers This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. A richly colored, dreamlike image that plays with light and dark, it features a boy standing in a dark barn with sunlight streaming in through slats in the wooden walls. The boy looks up as a trio of […]
Artist: Bob Dacey
Price: Sold
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, A Dying Cat, A Traded Car This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. This is a richly colored piece done entirely in neutral tones. It features two Black women dressed in white in the forefront who are seen tending to a goat, and two […]
Artist: Bob Dacey
Price: Sold
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from You’ll Never Know, Dear This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. It is a dreamlike portrait with rich, brown tones and soft brush strokes. It features two young men at a carnival game with a wheel spinning in a blur in front of them as it takes […]
Artist: Bob Dacey
Price: Sold
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Lifeguard This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. It is a dreamlike piece that captures the summer haze of hot days at the beach. It features a lifeguard, hunched forward, eyes on the water, as he keenly observes the beachgoers. Dacey was commissioned to create this piece […]
Artist: Bob Dacey
Price: Sold
Post-War Romance and Intrigue This well-rendered gouache illustration by artist and illustrator Wesley Snyder features a bubbly blonde sweetheart in a white tennis skirt and a pink sweater emblazoned with the nickname “killer.” Fresh from the tennis court she stops in a palatial front hall to have a flirtatious word and knowing glance with a […]
Artist: Wesley Snyder
Price: $1,975.00
World War II Home Front Honey by Rolf Armstrong Widely considered “The Father of American Pin-Up”, Rolf Armstrong‘s luminous portraits of famous actresses and idealized girls-next-door made him one of the highest paid commercial artists in America; his pictures are noted for their grace, vibrancy, and indescribable lifelike quality. During the 1940s, Armstrong created a […]
Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price: Sold
The Bashful Stripper – A Beauty Parade Cover Girl by Peter Driben Clad in a blue and green striped, flesh-baring one piece costume and embroidered silk stockings, this shapely, blonde ecdysiast casts a come-hither gaze and inviting smile from underneath her unkempt golden locks that have fallen out of their pigtails. With hands rested on […]
Artist: Peter Driben
Price: Sold
A Ship-Shape Sweetheart by K.O. Munson Attired in a green bikini and a matching colored scarf tied around her wavy, red hair, this brick-topped bombshell is all smiles as she stretches her arms above her head during a relaxing, sunny day out on her yacht. Published as calendar art under the title “Ship-Shape”, this pastel […]
Artist: K. O. Munson
Price: $4,500.00
Alluring Redhead Adores Her Beauty Clad in black lingerie that clings to her voluptuous figure and, in some places, is bursting at the seams, this luscious, redheaded pin-up girl sits on the floor in front of a makeup case and holds a mirror in her hand, which she uses to admire her perfectly painted face. […]
Artist: Howard Connolly
Price: Sold
