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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

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1950s

Bettie Page by Bunny Yeager Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this photograph of Bettie Page wearing a bikini designed and handmade by Bunny. Bettie is vamping hard for the camera in this cheesecake pin-up photo from her perch on a pier at Miami Beach, Florida. This was taken […]

Bettie Page Seated on Pier

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, bathing beauty, Bettie Page, bikini, black & white photography, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, ocean, pin up, pin up photography
Added to Gallery: August 25, 2019

    This is an exciting, fresh-to-the-market paperback book cover illustration by Al Schmidt for the 1952 Cardinal Complete Book Edition of The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman. The text slug on the paperback reads, “Five men and one woman gazed upward at Weissturm – The White Tower – hypnotized by the beckoning shadows […]

The White Tower

Artist: Al Schmidt
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Golden Age, illustration, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pulp
Added to Gallery: June 3, 2019

This vintage illustration features a disheveled Jimmy Stewart type in rumpled raincoat and hat, being side-eyed with disdain. The other fellow appears to be wearing last night’s tuxedo, if the stack of pancakes is any indication. Since we have yet identified the use or artist of this piece, we can’t do more than speculate on […]

Meeting At A Diner

Artist: American Artist
Price:  $950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1950s, en grisaille, Golden Age, Men's Magazine art, noir, original illustration art, original interior illustration, pulp
Added to Gallery: May 22, 2019

      This original pin-up calendar painting by Art Frahm appeared in 1952 under the title Spare? and nows lives in pop culture infamy as one of the artist’s “Embarrassment Series” images. In this oil on canvas painting a startled pretty but hapless young blonde bowls a frame and loses her undergarments much to […]

Spare?

Artist: Art Frahm
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Art Frahm, Bowling, Calendar, Charles Martignette, cheesecake, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: April 1, 2019

For Sale: signed and inscribed pastel by Rolf Armstrong showcasing Jewel Flowers, his most iconic model, muse, closest friend and confidant.

Jewel Flowers In Hawaiian Lei

Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Brown & Bigelow, glamour, Golden Age, hawaiiana, Lei, new york city, original calendar art, original illustration art, Original pastel, pin up, portrait, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: March 26, 2019

On offer is the final original preliminary pastel by Rolf Armstrong for his late 1950s Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company calendar “Delightful”.

Final Preliminary Study for Delightful

Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price:  Sale Pending

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, glamour, Golden Age, illustration, original calendar art, original illustration art, Original pastel, pin up, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: March 26, 2019

Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this pin-up self-portrait in 1953.

Bunny Yeager Self-Portrait in Seminole Indian Patterned Bikini

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  $2,850.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, beach, bikini, black & white photography, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, pin up, pin up photography, self portrait
Added to Gallery: February 28, 2019

  Described as “the world’s greatest pin-up photographer” by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager began her career as a model, and her comfort on both sides of the lens is one of the skills she leaned on to bring out a level of comfort and naturalness which few glamour photographers […]

Lori Shea Praying To The Sun

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, black & white photography, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, lori shea, nude, pin up, pin up photography
Added to Gallery: February 28, 2019

Original illustration painting by Paul Remmey for sale, for the Lutheran Church’s 1955 Reformation Bulletin.

Luther And His Printer

Artist: Paul Remmey
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, illustration, Luther, Lutheran, magazine cover, original illustration art, Paul Remmer, Reformation Bulletin
Added to Gallery: February 25, 2019

  Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this photograph of Bettie Page, nude and posed on a bed as she snuggles up to a stuffed tiger, during the year-long partnership which changed the course of both women’s careers. This is an exquisite fine art, cheesecake glamour portrait of the […]

Bettie Page on Couch Nude with Stuffed Tiger

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Bettie Page, black & white photography, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, nude, pin up, pin up photography
Added to Gallery: February 24, 2019

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    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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