Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
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: $35,000.00
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: $16,500.00
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: $2,950.00
An Intimate Portrait of Marci Lane by Bunny Yeager Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this sensual portrait of model Marci Lane. Completely nude and casually curled up on a midcentury modern couch, this portrait is an easy and beautiful example of Yeager's ability to put her models at […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $2,250.00
Boudoir Portraiture with Bunny Yeager & Dondi Penn Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this sultry boudoir portrait of model Dondi Penn. Topless and wearing only a pair of high-waisted panties, Penn stares down Yeager's camera with a fiery come-hither gaze as she stretches out and poses on a […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $2,250.00
A disjointed surrealist elevated train on a platform is captured with oils on board in a dark color palette in this original painting by Alfred Statler
Artist: Alfred Statler
Price: $2,500.00
This 1940s painting by Alfred Statler features a bustling rush-hour NYC Subway commute envisioned almost as modern dance.
Artist: Alfred Statler
Price: $2,500.00
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: $2,950.00
The Boy Scouts of America Camping Scene On offer is a small, detailed yet likely a preliminary gouache illustration by Hy Hintermeister featuring two Boy Scouts showing off their survival and camping skills while out in the wild. The uniformed scouts are preparing hearty meals over an open fire while also constructing a shelter with […]
Artist: Hy Hintermeister
Price: $1,500.00
Portrait of Queen Zenobia This is an original 1960 oil on canvas painting signed and dated by the obscure artist Henry Abraham. Titled "Zenobia", we believe this to have been a published illustration likley for a paperback book cover, though we have yet to uncover its exact usage. Zenobia was a warrior queen of the […]
Artist: Henry Abraham
Price: $1,500.00
