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A fresh to the market oil painting on canvas by an American artist that was created as cover art for theĀ  January, 1949 issue of 10 Story Western. A lurid Wild West pulp title that premiered in 1936 published by Popular Publications. A rugged nattily attired cowboy on the run, lights a match at the […]

Hanged Wrong

Artist: American Artist

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, cowboy, Golden Age, illustration, lurid, magazine cover, Old West, original cover art, original illustration art, pulp, western americana
Added to Gallery: May 2, 2019

A fresh to the market oil painting on canvas by noted artist & illustrator Sam Cherry, this artwork was created for use as the cover of the January, 1947 issue of New Western Magazine. A lurid Wild West pulp spectacle of a rugged cowboy holding a hapless hostage in a chokehold with his handcuffs as […]

New Western Cowboy Pulp Cover

Artist: Sam Cherry

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, cowboy, Golden Age, illustration, lurid, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, portrait, pulp, western americana
Added to Gallery: May 2, 2019

Peter Driben vintage and original pin up painting created as cover for Wink Magazine. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

Wink

Artist: Peter Driben

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Beauty Parade, erotic, fantasy, Girlie Magazines, glamour, Golden Age, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, Peter Driben, pin up, portrait, pulp, Wink
Added to Gallery: March 26, 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

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, 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

Eugene Savage created this as a preliminary study for the epic murals that grace the Grand Reception Hall of the Elks Veterans Memorial in Chicago, IL.

Symbol Bearers

Artist: Eugene Savage

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: 1920s, allegorical, american, art deco, chicago, Elks, Eugene Savage, gobig, Golden Age, muralist, WWI
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

Early Rolf Armstrong artwork, created as 1919 sheet music cover. Provenance includes the collection of Kenneth Anger, author of Hollywood Babylon.

Tell Me Why

Artist: Rolf Armstrong

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art deco, flapper, illustration, jazz age, Joan Reader, pin up, portrait, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: October 24, 2018

For sale is an original 1938 art deco pastel glamour girl pin up pastel by Jules Erbit titled Judy, created for the Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company.

Judy

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Calendar, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, glamour, good girl art, Jules Erbit, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 24, 2018

Original pin up pastel from 1941 by Jules Erbit titled Yours Truly, for the Gerlach-Barklow company, Joliet, Illinois. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

Yours Truly

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, art deco, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, glamour, good girl art, illustration, Jules Erbit, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 20, 2018

This large original arwork by James Montgomery Flagg, attests to the friendship between peers during the Golden Age of Illustration.

Ham Fisher And Three Nudes

Artist: James Montgomery Flagg

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Charles Martignette, erotic, fine art, Golden Age, Ham Fisher, James Montgomery Flagg, Joe Palooka, lurid, nude, pin up, pirate, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: September 6, 2018

Liberty magazine commissioned this painting by Harold Von Schmidt for an excerpt from The Red Napoleon, a 1929 “future history” novel by Floyd Gibbons.

The Red Napoleon

Artist: Harold von Schmidt

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, Golden Age, Harold von Schmidt, Liberty, original illustration art, original interior illustration, Russia, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: August 25, 2018

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