This subtle and captivating pastel on board by Haskell Coffin shows Greta Garbo with her signature mysterious gaze in a stylish cloche hat.
Artist: Haskell Coffin
Price: Sold
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Welcome to Grapefruit Moon Gallery. Here you will find an archived visual history of past sales. Pretty to look at, some are quite old; but when they're in here, consider them sold!
Rolf Armstrong's Final Brown & Bigelow Calendar Art This is an absolutely adorable pastel thumbnail sketch by the Father of American Pin-Up, Rolf Armstrong. Featuring the artist's muse and lifelong friend Jewel Flowers, this pastel preliminary sketch would become the published calendar art titled "All Smiles", which was Armstrong's last commissioned work for Brown & […]
Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price: Sold
Grapefruit Moon Gallery is honored to be able to offer "Ye Chiseler - Yo Ho Ho And a Bottle of Rum", a large, commanding, seductive and masterful mural created by Henry Clive, to our eyes the finest illustrator working in jazz age Hollywood. Along with its companion work "The Infidel" (also available through Grapefruit Moon Gallery), Clive created this masterwork for the tavern of The Masquers Club, a historic and fascinating Hollywood institution.
Artist: Henry Clive
Price: Sold
A hauntingly beautiful dated 1919 oil on canvas painting by the American artist and illustrator Charles Allan Winter. A nude Art Nouveau maiden with a purple iris posed in front of mosaic work in a style and aesthetic that recalls Alphonse Mucha. Painting is framed in a completely hand crafted gesso batwing frame that was created specifically to house this jewel of a painting.
Artist: Charles Winter
Price: SOLD
Bunny Yeager and Bettie Page: A Pin-Up Match Made in Miami Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this photograph of pin-up queen Bettie Page in her iconic "Jungle Bettie" animal print costume and posed with driftwood on a beach while shooting at Africa U.S.A., in Boca Raton, Florida. This […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: SOLD
White Hot Bettie Page Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this photograph of pin-up queen Bettie Page on a beach in Florida. Bettie shows why she was dubbed the "pin-up queen" as she strikes a pose in a little white bikini designed and created by Bunny. This was taken […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: SOLD
O my Luve's like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June Enchanting, dream-like, and romantic, American illustrator Zula Kenyon's early 20th century portraits offer up a soft, supple, and genteel look at the Edwardian woman. This original pastel on canvas illustration dates to 1914 and features a brunette beauty with milky-white skin draped […]
Artist: Zula Kenyon
Price: Sold
A Courtroom Circus by Jack Levitz Circus Performers on Trial Before Three Judges is a large, colorful, and well-executed 1930s Art Deco-era fine art oil painting by the Lithuanian-American artist Jack Levitz. A Jewish immigrant who settled in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Levitz's social realist/Ashcan School style recalls George Luks and Everett Shinn. This […]
Artist: Jack Levitz
Price: Sold
Edwardian Interior Scene by Clarence F. Underwood This is an original gouache on artist's paper painting by American artist and illustrator Clarence F. Underwood. An emotional family portrait, we see a group of solemn men and women seated opposite an older woman, all looking forlorn and sad. We have been unable to pinpoint the exact […]
Artist: Clarence F. Underwood
Price: Sold
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from A Sense of Shelter This is an original watercolor illustration by Bob Dacey. A captivating piece, it captures the emotion of two high school students in the middle of a conversation about their feelings for each other. This is a tender and youthfully nostalgic piece that was used to […]
Artist: Bob Dacey
Price: Sold
A Yachting Champion by F. Earl Christy This is a considerably sized oil on illustration board painting date to c. 1910–1915. Created by F. Earl Christy for American Art Works in Coshocton, OH, this was published as calendar art. An example of this painting as a published print is shown above and is included in […]
Artist: Earl Christy
Price: Sold
Exotic Harem Cover Girl by John Drew This is an original c. 1920s–1930s oil on canvas painting by pulp artist and illustrator John Drew. An alluring glamour portrait, Drew has created an enchanting view of a raven-haired harem girl with gold headband draped across her forehead, matching gold earrings and arm cuff, and a colorful […]
Artist: John Drew
Price: Sold
