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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

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Pin-Up & Glamour Art

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.

In this image, shot with self-timer, Yeager readies one of her cameras as three models apply make up and get ready for their upcoming beach photo shoot.

Bunny with Models Prepping for Photo Shoot

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  $1,650.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, black & white photography, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, pin up, pin up photography
Added to Gallery: April 30, 2020

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, showcasing her draw on both sides of the camera by posing in a negligee handmade by the photographer. The platinum Yeager channels original blonde bombshell Jean Harlow in this sensual self […]

Bunny in Handmade Negligee (after Jean Harlow)

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  $2,250.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1960s, blonde, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, pin up, pin up photography, self portrait
Added to Gallery: February 2, 2020

Enchantment: an original oil on canvas by Edward Eggleston Enchantment is a large and important painting by Edward Eggleston, which was published by the American Art Works Calendar Company in the early 1930s. The subject of this playful scene is a nude water nymph bending over to kiss a little frog (sure to soon become […]

Enchantment

Artist: Edward Eggleston
Price:  $35,000.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: american, American Art Works, art deco, Calendar, Edward Eggleston, erotic, fantasy, flapper, Golden Age, Maxfield Parrish, nude, nymph, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: February 1, 2020

Earl Moran created this iconic published pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow's 1946 calendar line.  It was published with the title "The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses". The image shows a pretty blonde, enjoying a libation in a cordial glass, her inviting smile and legs on full display. This fresh-to-the-market original pastel is in a […]

The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses

Artist: Earl Moran
Price:  $21,000.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1940s, blonde, Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Earl Moran, Golden Age, illustration, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up
Added to Gallery: October 28, 2019

This rare, original mixed medium painting by Henry Clive graced the cover of the February 15, 1942 edition of William Randolph Hearst's The American Weekly. Clive often played with serialized themes in his work for the magazine, and this Spanish Mission inspired image was from a series entitled "Maid In America." The image on the […]

California Spanish Girl

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  $13,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Uncategorized
Tagged With: 1940s, American Weekly, glamour, Golden Age, Henry Clive, hollywood, illustration, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, portrait, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: September 18, 2019

  Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this pin up self-portrait in 1963, showcasing her draw on both sides of the camera by posing in a seated lotus position and holding a small square throw pillow over her otherwise nude body. This gelatin silver print is 1 of an […]

Bunny in Lotus Position in Studio

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  $2,675.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1960s, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, pin up, pin up photography, self portrait
Added to Gallery: August 25, 2019

Bettie Page by Bunny Yeager Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this photograph of Bettie Page wearing a bikini designed and handmade by Bunny. Bettie is vamping hard for the camera in this cheesecake pin-up photo from her perch on a pier at Miami Beach, Florida. This was taken […]

Bettie Page Seated on Pier

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  $2,350.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, bathing beauty, Bettie Page, bikini, black & white photography, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, ocean, pin up, pin up photography
Added to Gallery: August 25, 2019

Earl Moran's Harum-Scarum Grapefruit Moon Gallery is delighted to offer Harum-Scarum, an original 1948 pastel created for the Brown & Bigelow calendar company.  The image features a colorful cheesecake pin-up take on a classically inspired harem girl. The model for this artwork was a young Marilyn Monroe, who worked frequently with Earl Moran during her […]

Harum-Scarum (modeled by Marilyn Monroe)

Artist: Earl Moran
Price:  $25,000.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1940s, Blue Book Model Agency, Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Earl Moran, erotic, glamour, Golden Age, harem, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Baker, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: August 7, 2019

Vintage 1930s Art Deco Pin Up Painting This original oil on canvas painting dates to the mid 1930s and features a Hollywood Regency styled image inspired by Ginger Rogers in black satin. The painting is unsigned and appears to be a published pin-up calendar illustration. Our hunch is that the artist is Edward D'Ancona, but […]

Art Deco Blonde in Black Satin

Artist: American Artist
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, blonde, Calendar, fashion, Golden Age, hollywood, illustration, jazz age, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up
Added to Gallery: August 7, 2019

This is a classic example of vintage American pin up art, featuring a brunette in fashionable red ensemble with heart shaped hat. The model wears a classic cheesecake "ooh" face. Signed lower right by the artist Hagan. This is just darling, housed in the simple original wood frame.

A Vision In Red

Artist: Hagan
Price:  $1,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, cheesecake, glamour, Golden Age, Hagan, original illustration art, pin up
Added to Gallery: August 7, 2019

This fabulous original Film Fun cover painting by Enoch Bolles appeared on their September 1933 edition with the title Worth Wading For.

Worth Wading For

Artist: Enoch Bolles
Price:  $45,000.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1930s, art deco, bathing beauty, Calendar, Enoch Bolles, Film Fun, flapper, Golden Age, jazz age, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: July 23, 2019

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.

The Dream Girl

Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price:  $23,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art nouveau, Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, flowers, original calendar art, pin up, Rolf Armstrong, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: July 23, 2019

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