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This 1940s painting by Alfred Statler features a bustling rush-hour NYC Subway commute envisioned almost as modern dance.

Rush Hour NYC Subway Commute

Artist: Alfred Statler

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: Alfred Statler, new york city, NYC, regionalist, Subway, WPA
Added to Gallery: February 8, 2021

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Zenobia by Henry Abraham” amount=”1500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] 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 […]

Zenobia

Artist: Henry Abraham

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1960s, Henry Abraham, nude, oil painting
Added to Gallery: January 27, 2021

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”The Girl of the East by Clarence F. Underwood” amount=”3500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] The Underwood American Girl Calendar – The Girl of the East This large Clarence Underwood gouache painting appeared as the first page in the 1909 Underwood American Girl Calendar with the title The Girl Of The East. […]

The Girl of the East

Artist: Clarence F. Underwood

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, Calendar, Clarence F. Underwood, Edwardian, gouache, Norman Platnick
Added to Gallery: September 21, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Parisian Victorian Maiden by Hamilton King” amount=”3500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Parisian Victorian Maiden by Hamilton King This is a fabulous, turn of-the-last-century, large pastel on tinted artist’s paper by the prolific American illustrator Hamilton King. In this portrait a Parisian Victorian beauty in a large plumed hat stylishly traverses through […]

Parisian Victorian Maiden

Artist: Hamilton King

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, Edwardian, french, Hamilton King, Norman Platnick, paris, pastel, victorian
Added to Gallery: September 9, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”The Sunshine Girl – Autumn by J. Knowles Hare” amount=”3500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] J. Knowles Hare original advertising pastel for Sunshine Biscuits This large and enchanting pastel was created by the American illustrator J. Knowles Hare as advertising calendar art for Sunshine Biscuits. This New York bakery marketed calendar girl […]

The Sunshine Girl – Autumn

Artist: J. Knowles Hare

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, Equestrian, J. Knowles Hare, Norman Platnick, pastel, Sunshine Biscuits
Added to Gallery: September 9, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”them – Part I – Children of Silence by Steven Stroud” amount=”550.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Original Steven Stroud illustration from them This is a mixed media watercolor and pen & ink on illustration board by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it depicts a chaotic family dinner as the parents […]

them – Part I – Children of Silence

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Joyce Carol Oates, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Them, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 24, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”them – Part II – To Whose Country Have I Come? by Steven Stroud” amount=”550.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Original Steven Stroud illustration from them This is a mixed media watercolor and pen & ink on illustration board by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it depicts a frightened child in […]

them – Part II – To Whose Country Have I Come?

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Joyce Carol Oates, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Them, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 24, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Them – Title Page by Steven Stroud” amount=”550.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Original Steven Stroud illustration from them This is a mixed media watercolor and pen & ink on illustration board by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it depicts an urban setting with high rise buildings dotted with laundry hanging […]

them – Title Page

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Joyce Carol Oates, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Them, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 24, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Goodnight Sweetheart by Edward D’Ancona” amount=”7500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Goodnight Sweetheart by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. This was originally published with the title “Goodnight Sweetheart” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. […]

Goodnight Sweetheart

Artist: Edward D'Ancona

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, pin up, redhead, risque
Added to Gallery: July 14, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Lady In Blue by Philip Boileau” amount=”3500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Calendar art by Philip Boileau By the time Philip Boileau created this pastel on board calendar illustration, he was already one of the most popular “pretty girl” postcard artists working. This example, which was copyrighted under the title Lady In Blue […]

Lady In Blue

Artist: Philip Boileau

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, Calendar, Edwardian, Gargoyle Motor Oil, glamour, Golden Age, Norman Platnick, original calendar art, original illustration art, pastel, Philip Boileau, pin up, postcard
Added to Gallery: July 10, 2020

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