Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Risqué and fetching maidens have always been popular artistic subjects and the perfect vehicle to advertise just about any product, add allure to any magazine, or brighten any calendar. In the 1930s, Rolf Armstrong and Billy Devorss’s Art Deco sophisticates were everyone’s dream girl. During World War II, George Petty and Alberto Vargas created patriotic lithe modernist heartbreakers for the pages of Esquire Magazine to keep servicemen company, and soon there was a calendar girl for every taste--whether you preferred the girl next door or the one from the wrong side of the tracks. In post-war America, the youthful spirit personified by Earl Moran’s cheesecake depictions of Marilyn Monroe reigned, and pin up and glamour art remained unflaggingly popular. Today, original pin up and glamour art is more coveted by collectors than ever, and its influence on contemporary fashion, art, and culture is everywhere.
This is a C.1940 pastel illustration created by Hungarian artist and illustrator Jules Erbit for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company. Titled, "Betty", this is a glamorous pin-up offering of a pretty blue-eyed girl with flushed, rosy cheeks and inviting red lips. Erbit was a prolific illustrator who worked for seemingly all of the major […]
Artist: Jules Erbit
Price: $3,500.00
Pin-Up Glamour Portraiture by Jules Erbit This is a dated 1942 pastel illustration created by Hungarian artist and illustrator Jules Erbit for The Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company. Titled, "Jeannie", this is a glamorous pin-up offering! Erbit was a prolific illustrator who worked for seemingly all of the major calendar companies of the day. He offered typically […]
Artist: Jules Erbit
Price: $2,500.00
Modern Venus by Al Moore This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Al Moore. This was published with the titles "Modern Venus" and "Hold Tight" by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN; part of their 1954 calendar line. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just […]
Artist: Al Moore
Price: $9,500.00
Cheesecake Pin-Up Art by Vaughan Bass This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the important illustrator Vaughan Bass. It was published by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN. Grapefruit Moon Gallery unearthed a collection new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that had been in a house in Saint Louis Park, […]
Artist: Vaughan Bass
Price: $8,500.00
In the Spotlight by Edward D'Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D'Ancona. This was originally published with the title "In the Spotlight" by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up […]
Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price: $8,500.00
Goodnight Sweetheart by Edward D'Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D'Ancona. This was originally published with the title "Goodnight Sweetheart" by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that […]
Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price: $9,500.00
Frederick Duncan original pastel Frederick Duncan was a prolific and popular illustrator whose depictions of the independent New Woman, glamour girl, and flapper were widely popular during the 1910s and 1920s. Duncan's work graced covers of a wide variety of periodicals including The Saturday Evening Post as well on calendars, postcards, and advertising campaigns too […]
Artist: Frederick Duncan
Price: $3,500.00
Albert Neville's Flapper Girls This opulent and provocative pastel on board is one of the many art deco glamour girl illustrations Albert Neville created during his career as a movie magazine cover artist, and freelance calendar illustrator. Heavily inspired by the floating head flapper girls Rolf Armstrong specialized in during the 1920s, this shows a […]
Artist: Albert Neville
Price: $3,850.00
Brown & Bigelow Beauty by Frank H. Desch This fabulous Edwardian maiden pastel illustration by the American illustrator Frank Desch was published by the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company of Saint Paul Minnesota under the title "Marie". The image showcases a delightfully costumed maiden with a beauty mark on her left cheek, seductively looking over […]
Artist: Frank H. Desch
Price: $4,500.00
Bunny Yeager as Model and Photographer Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this pin up self-portrait in 1963. The artist and model showcases her draw on both sides of the camera by posing on Miami Beach in Florida wearing a teeny-weeny polka dot bikini (that she made herself) as […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $1,950.00
Bunny Yeager as Model and Photographer Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this pin up self-portrait in 1963. The artist and model showcases her draw on both sides of the camera by posing on Miami Beach in Florida in a pair of curve-hugging hot pants and a fuzzy bandeau […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $1,950.00
Miss Florida Nadine Ducas through the lens of Bunny Yeager Featured here are three 2 1/4" vintage contact prints from the photo shoot between the female pin-up photographer Bunny Yeager and the glamour model and B-movie actress Nadine Ducas, who acted frequently under the name Nadia Sanders. Miss Florida 1953, Ducas went on to a […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $850.00
