Grapefruit Moon Gallery is proud to announce one of our pieces of original art from the Golden Age has been included in an exhibition focusing on the legendary and mysterious Cleopatra, titled “Cleopatra The Eternal Diva,” which just opened at the Bundeskunsthalle in Germany. Henry Clive’s incredible art deco take on the incandescent and regal […]
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Nothing says summer like the road trip, and no period captured the blacktop like 1970s counterculture film. From “Easy Rider” to “Hells Angels,” we’ve got your motor running. As the summer of love ended, a fascinating transition from Old Hollywood to ‘New Hollywood’ brought with it a new preoccupation with and depictions of the working […]
Heinrich Kley is best remembered today for satirical, despairing, and often obscene images which demonstrate a maniacal distrust of the industrial revolution and its automatized society. But not only did he express the disillusionment of modernity through drawings, his imaginative works played a large role in the career of Walt Disney, arguably America’s greatest animator. […]
Spring has sprung, and young grads across the country are getting ready to set off on their next adventures but here at Grapefruit Moon we are battling a cosmic deluge, brollies required. If only we could jet off on a Grand Tour and leave the damp behind. Oh well, guess we will satisfy our desires […]
Some longtime visitors to Grapefruit Moon Gallery have been wondering where they can find the vintage Hollywood and fine art photography on the new site. It’s migrated into the Fine and Decorative Arts category, and these images are both some of the finest and most decorative we have come across. Beautiful black and white stills […]
On the path to Hollywood and stardom, Marilyn Monroe began as an unknown calendar model for artist Earl Moran. Read about her 1940s brunette persona and the Gallery’s role in revealing the Monroe-Moran connection at the NY Daily News.
Grapefruit Moon Gallery is proud to announce we are highlighting Marilyn Monroe for the month of April. We will be listing several important photographs from five of her most interesting photo sessions, images of the greatest star of Hollywood’s Golden Era. These span the period, from a 1947 Blue Book Model Agency advertising photo featuring […]
At Grapefruit Moon Gallery, we are always certain that one can never own the past, just care for it. Such is the case with accessories, often more durable than clothing and changing caretakers with frequency, like incredible Lucite and other unique mid-Century purses. These purses are a testament to the post-war years of mid century […]
Grapefruit Moon will be listing a collection of World War I and World War II posters, with themes of bond incentives and anti-German sentiment. Americana at its finest, these pieces of propaganda feature images from some of the leading poster designers of the first half of the 20th century and were designed to inspire the […]
Frankart Inc. was a New York City-based maker of mass-produced lamps, ashtrays, bookends, vases, etc. The Frankart company started production in 1922, though founder and artist Arthur von Frankenberg began creating pieces as early as 1920. Most well-known for items incorporating slim, nude women finished in green or bronze, Frankart has became synonymous with American […]
