Grapefruit Moon Gallery

Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

Illustration & Advertising Art

At the turn of the 20th century, Industrial Revolution inventions brought technological advancements to printmaking that ushered in a Golden Age of American illustration. Publishers and calendar companies developed new techniques for producing multi-color offset lithographs that were fast, affordable, and flat-out glorious to view, blurring the distinction between fine art and "art for commerce." The best examples by the finest commercial illustrators were revered by the public, and today are beloved by collectors.

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Elegant Hearst’s Magazine Cover Girl

Artist: Penrhyn Stanlaws

Original Illustration from House Made of Dawn, by Bart Forbes This original watercolor illustration by Bart Forbes is a surreal triptych of a Native American man seen in profile, running, with the head of a horse and a bull behind his legs in the bottom panel. This beautifully rendered painting was featured as an interior […]

The Longhair

Artist: Bart Forbes

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You Will Hurt Your Foot

Artist: Steven Stroud

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Good as Gold Dinner Scene

Artist: Steven Stroud

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Good as Gold Bar Scene

Artist: Steven Stroud

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”We Are Not a Society or We Are Not Worth Our Salt by Steven Stroud” amount=”750.00″ 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 Illustration from Good as Gold by Steven Stroud This mixed media watercolor, pen & ink on artist’s paper illustration by Steven Stroud is sketchily done to show a man in […]

We Are Not a Society or We Are Not Worth Our Salt

Artist: Steven Stroud

Margaret Sullavan by Earl Christy On offer is a variant of the original Earl Christy cover of Margaret Sullavan which was used as the May 1934 cover of Photoplay Magazine. We have yet to learn much about the exact history of this original piece of illustration art, but our best guess is that Christy created […]

Margaret Sullavan for Photoplay Magazine

Artist: Earl Christy

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Carole Lombard by Ed Dow” amount=”3250.00″ 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”] Carole Lombard, 1933 This dazzling pastel created as cover art for a Golden Age Hollywood movie magazine showcases Carole Lombard against a cobalt blue background. Prominently featured is the dazzling star sapphire ring then-husband William Powell gave her as a gift […]

Carole Lombard

Artist: Ed Dow

 

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