Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Risqué and fetching maidens have always been popular artistic subjects. In advertising terms, pretty girls sell&emdash;and in Victorian America they were used to advertise everything from bicycles to bourbon, images that quickly morphed into the modern pin-up girl. By the 1930s, calendar companies such as Brown & Bigelow marketed colorful, fun, and sexy visions of the perfect woman to an insatiable public.
An early and exceptional original pastel by Rolf Armstrong which was marketed under the name Dream Girl or Dream Girl II and reproduced as an early calendar print by Brown & Bigelow. Appeared on a 1928 Calendar but was most likely done several years earlier. A defining and important early example by the " Father of American Pin-up". A printed Brown & Bigelow advertising calendar from the year 1930 is included in the sale.
Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price: $23,500.00
Earl Moran created this coquettish and sassy pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow's 1941 calendar line. It was published with the title Fishermans's Luck. The image shows an outdoorsy redhead beauty fly fishing wading into the water, legs on full display. This fresh-to-the-market original pastel is in a pristine state of conservation and retains the […]
Artist: Earl Moran
Price: $19,500.00
This breezy pin-up calendar illustration by Fitz William Boynton depicts a sassy redheaded flapper girl with bobbed red hair enjoying a day at the beach with Scottie dog in tow. A vintage salesman sample of the calendar image is included in the sale - image was titled "Adorable". As long time pin-up collectors and dealers, […]
Artist: Fitz Boynton
Price: $2,500.00
For sale is an original pin-up calendar painting by Edward Runci that was published in 1953 by the Shaw-Barton Calendar Company.
Artist: Edward Runci
Price: $16,500.00
This original artwork by Zoë Mozert was created for The Brown & Bigelow calendar company in 1942. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
Artist: Zoë Mozert
Price: $18,500.00
Peter Driben vintage and original pin up painting created as cover for Wink Magazine. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
Artist: Peter Driben
Price: $15,000.00
For Sale: signed and inscribed pastel by Rolf Armstrong showcasing Jewel Flowers, his most iconic model, muse, closest friend and confidant.
Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price: $6,500.00
On offer is the final original preliminary pastel by Rolf Armstrong for his late 1950s Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company calendar "Delightful".
Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price: $5,500.00
Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this pin-up self-portrait in 1953.
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $2,850.00
Described as "the world’s greatest pin-up photographer" by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager began her career as a model, and her comfort on both sides of the lens is one of the skills she leaned on to bring out a level of comfort and naturalness which few glamour photographers […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $850.00
A unique camera negative taken by Bunny Yeager in 1954 of Bettie Page with cheetahs at the Florida tourist attractive Africa USA. For sale with copyright.
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $3,500.00
This gelatin silver pin up photograph is for sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery, signed by Bunny Yeager on the verso.
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $2,200.00
