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1950s

Rainbow Jewel Flowers This is a fun, c. 1950, unpublished pastel illustration by the Father of American Pin-Up, Rolf Armstrong. This well-rendered whimsical sketch features the artist’s muse and lifelong friend Jewel Flowers in an ethereal gown bursting with a kaleidoscope of rainbow colors. Armstrong created this pastel for Flowers as a gift and it […]

Rolf Armstrong Muse Jewel Flowers

Artist: Rolf Armstrong

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Jewel Flowers, Pastel Illustration, pin up, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: August 20, 2021

Adorable Jewel Flowers This is a beautiful, c. 1950, unpublished pastel illustration by the Father of American Pin-Up, Rolf Armstrong. This well-rendered sketch features the artist’s muse and lifelong friend Jewel Flowers wearing a glamorous yellow gown and her mega-watt beaming smile. The pose and layout of this sketch bears a resemblance to Armstrong’s published […]

Adorable Jewel Flowers

Artist: Rolf Armstrong

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Jewel Flowers, Pastel Illustration, pin up, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: August 20, 2021

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 & […]

All Smiles Thumbnail Sketch

Artist: Rolf Armstrong

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Brown & Bigelow, Jewel Flowers, Pastel Illustration, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: August 20, 2021

Bettie Page in cheetah print costume photographed by Bunny Yeager

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 […]

Jungle Bettie with Beach Driftwood

Artist: Bunny Yeager

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Africa USA, Bettie Page, Bunny Yeager, gelatin silver print, Jungle Bettie, pin up
Added to Gallery: February 8, 2021

Bettie Page in a white bikini. Photograph by Bunny Yeager, 1954.

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 […]

Bettie Page in White Bikini

Artist: Bunny Yeager

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Bettie Page, Bunny Yeager, florida, gelatin silver print, pin up
Added to Gallery: February 6, 2021

Gouache illustration by Edwin Georgi created for The Saturday Evening Post

A glamorous encounter from illustrator Edwin Georgi Offered here is a lovely and glamorous gouache on illustration board painting by American artist and illustrator Edwin Georgi. A dramatic piece created in cool tones, it shows a young glamorously dressed woman in a sequined spaghetti strap dress gripping the knob of a door as an older […]

Girl from the Mimosa Club, Part II

Artist: Edwin Georgi

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Edwin Georgi, gouache, interior illustration, magazine illustration, The Saturday Evening Post
Added to Gallery: January 18, 2021

A Portrait in Abstraction by Lester Molleson This is a colorful and modernist oil on canvas painting by Lester Molleson, a Milwaukee based artist. Titled “Madam”, this abstract portrait features a glamorous woman in a cleavage-baring dress draped in a fur stole and accessorized with a feathered hat. Grapefruit Moon Gallery acquired an interesting collection […]

Madam – An Abstract Portrait

Artist: Lester Molleson

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, abstract, Lester Molleson, oil painting
Added to Gallery: September 20, 2020

Modern Venus by Al Moore This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Al Moore. This was published with the titles “Modern Venus” and “Hold Tight” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN; part of their 1954 calendar line. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just […]

Modern Venus

Artist: Al Moore

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Al Moore, american, blonde, Calendar, erotic, Louis F. Dow, nude, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: July 20, 2020

Sleeping Beauty Pin-Up Girl by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. It was published with the title “Behind in Her Sleep” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN. Grapefruit Moon Gallery unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that […]

Behind On Her Sleep

Artist: Edward D'Ancona

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, blonde, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, glamour, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2020

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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

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