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[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Zenobia by Henry Abraham” amount=”1500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Portrait of Queen Zenobia This is an original 1960 oil on canvas painting signed and dated by the obscure artist Henry Abraham. Titled “Zenobia”, we believe this to have been a published illustration likley for a paperback book cover, though we have […]

Zenobia

Artist: Henry Abraham

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1960s, Henry Abraham, nude, oil painting
Added to Gallery: January 27, 2021

Gouache illustration by Edwin Georgi created for The Saturday Evening Post

A glamorous encounter from illustrator Edwin Georgi Offered here is a lovely and glamorous gouache on illustration board painting by American artist and illustrator Edwin Georgi. A dramatic piece created in cool tones, it shows a young glamorously dressed woman in a sequined spaghetti strap dress gripping the knob of a door as an older […]

Girl from the Mimosa Club, Part II

Artist: Edwin Georgi

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Edwin Georgi, gouache, interior illustration, magazine illustration, The Saturday Evening Post
Added to Gallery: January 18, 2021

Grapefruit Moon Gallery Is Now On YouTube! In our ongoing quest to spread the word on vintage illustration and pin-up art we have started a YouTube channel. These short, vlog-style videos will cover a range of topics from coverage of an artist’s career to deep dives into specific works of art and everything in-between! Check […]

Grapefruit Moon Gallery – Now on YouTube!

Filed Under: Gallery Blog
Tagged With: blog, vlog, youtube
Added to Gallery: October 30, 2020

O my Luve’s like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June Enchanting, dream-like, and romantic, American illustrator Zula Kenyon’s early 20th century portraits offer up a soft, supple, and genteel look at the Edwardian woman. This original pastel on canvas illustration dates to 1914 and features a brunette beauty with milky-white skin draped […]

My Luv’s Like a Red, Red Rose

Artist: Zula Kenyon

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Calendar Art, Edwardian, flowers, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, Norman Platnick, pastel, Roses, Zula Kenyon
Added to Gallery: October 28, 2020

A Courtroom Circus by Jack Levitz Circus Performers on Trial Before Three Judges is a large, colorful, and well-executed 1930s Art Deco-era fine art oil painting by the Lithuanian-American artist Jack Levitz. A Jewish immigrant who settled in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Levitz’s social realist/Ashcan School style recalls George Luks and Everett Shinn. This […]

Circus Performers on Trial Before Three Judges

Artist: Jack Levitz

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, art deco, burlesque, circus, Jack Levitz, oil painting, vaudeville
Added to Gallery: September 23, 2020

Commercial Advertising Art by Harold McCauley In the 1960s, after a successful career as a pulp, and later, paperback cover artist, Harold McCauley was faced with the reality of a dwindling market for his brand of sci-fi and fantasy illustration. Moving away from freelance work, the artist found employment as a company illustrator for The […]

Seaplanes

Artist: Harold McCauley

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, aviation, Commercial Illustration, gouache, Harold McCauley
Added to Gallery: September 23, 2020

Edwardian Interior Scene by Clarence F. Underwood This is an original gouache on artist’s paper painting by American artist and illustrator Clarence F. Underwood. An emotional family portrait, we see a group of solemn men and women seated opposite an older woman, all looking forlorn and sad. We have been unable to pinpoint the exact […]

Figures on a Porch

Artist: Clarence F. Underwood

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Clarence F. Underwood, Edwardian, gouache
Added to Gallery: September 22, 2020

Cropped view of watercolor painting by Bob Dacey showing a young high school girl in conversation with a boy

Original illustration by Bob Dacey from A Sense of Shelter This is an original watercolor illustration by Bob Dacey. A captivating piece, it captures the emotion of two high school students in the middle of a conversation about their feelings for each other. This is a tender and youthfully nostalgic piece that was used to […]

A Sense of Shelter

Artist: Bob Dacey

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1980s, Bob Dacey, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, John Updike, original interior illustration, Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: September 22, 2020

A Portrait in Abstraction by Lester Molleson This is a colorful and modernist oil on canvas painting by Lester Molleson, a Milwaukee based artist. Titled “Madam”, this abstract portrait features a glamorous woman in a cleavage-baring dress draped in a fur stole and accessorized with a feathered hat. Grapefruit Moon Gallery acquired an interesting collection […]

Madam – An Abstract Portrait

Artist: Lester Molleson

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, abstract, Lester Molleson, oil painting
Added to Gallery: September 20, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”them – Part I – Children of Silence by Steven Stroud” amount=”550.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Original Steven Stroud illustration from them This is a mixed media watercolor and pen & ink on illustration board by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it depicts a chaotic family dinner as the parents […]

them – Part I – Children of Silence

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Joyce Carol Oates, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Them, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 24, 2020

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