Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
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!
This is a large format erotic pin-up calendar painting by the English illustrator Arnold Armitage. This was likely painted in about 1950 and appeared in calendars at that time with the title Studio Setting. This nude beauty proved too provocative for some markets, and the calendar company began issuing a version of this piece wherein the nudity […]
Artist: Arnold Armitage
Who–Who’s There? is a large and genre defining oil on board pin-up painting by Edward Eggleston, which was published by the American Art Works calendar company in the early 1930s. This is a rare surviving published calendar painting by the New York artist, created in an impressive light and shadow technique, capturing an art deco nude […]
Artist: Edward Eggleston
This large, colorful, and bustling painting by the prolific American artist Louis Glanzman appeared in the April 26, 1952 issue of Collier’s magazine, illustrating “Honkytonk – U.S.A.” by William Slocum. In this scathing analysis, the honkytonk is described in great and scandalous detail as a lawless den of sin, whose unscrupulous owners prey on male weakness, hiring low-class strippers […]
Artist: Louis Glanzman
This fabulous other-wordly cover painting by the important American genre artist Paul Lehr was created for the July,1972 issue of Occult Magazine.
Artist: Paul Lehr
This 1926 pastel by Cardwell Higgens was created for an exhibitor’s book produced by Paramount Pictures to promote their silent film star Florence Vidor.
Artist: Cardwell Higgins
For sale is an original painting by Erle Loran, titled Light Operator. Signed and dated in the lower right corner,with an Oakland, California exhibit label on verso.
Artist: Erle Loran
This colorful and vibrant gouache painting from artist & illustrator James Bingham captures the beauty and flurry of activity in a small, coastal Mexican town. Villagers are pictured carrying out their daily tasks, seen bringing baskets of goods into town and stopping at the local shops that dot the cliffside road. The hustle & bustle […]
Artist: James Bingham
A boudoir themed pin-up girl original oil painting by Irving Winer from the art deco era, this shows a curvy brunette offering a leg show moment in her stylish dressing area with an electric cobalt blue circular mirror framing the image above her shoulder.
Artist: Irving Winer
This painting was purchased from the Illustration House in the early 1990s and this exhibited artwork is rumored to have been modeled by Constance Bennett and for a time hung in the bedroom of her lover Phillip Wrigley.
Artist: C.D. Williams
This is a signed and dated 1917 oil on canvas fine art painting from Polish artist Joseph Kostka. The artist exhibited throughout Europe during the late 1800s and early 1900s with a focus on still lives and dreamy turn-of-the-century figurative studies.
Artist: Joseph Kostka
