Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
A Courtroom Circus by Jack Levitz Circus Performers on Trial Before Three Judges is a large, colorful, and well-executed 1930s Art Deco-era fine art oil painting by the Lithuanian-American artist Jack Levitz. A Jewish immigrant who settled in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Levitz's social realist/Ashcan School style recalls George Luks and Everett Shinn. This […]
Artist: Jack Levitz
Price: Sold
Newly uncovered original Gil Elvgren painting, overpainted by Vaughan Bass. A 1944 oil on canvas for Louis F. Dow.
Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price: Sold
A Flapper Beauty by Haskell Coffin On offer is a lovely, masterfully rendered pastel by the prolific American artist and illustrator Haskel Coffin. The image shows a stylized blue eyed flapper girl dressed for an evening on the town with a beaded roaring twenties dress and a jade green wrap and necklace. This pastel was […]
Artist: Haskell Coffin
Price: Sold
Redbook Cover by Haskell Coffin This romantic and dreamy pastel by the important pretty girl illustrator Haskell Coffin appeared as the cover of the July 1923 edition of Redbook magazine. In the 1920s, Redbook was one of the premiere fiction magazines in the country, with stories by authors ranging from Jack London to Edith Wharton. […]
Artist: Haskell Coffin
Price: $5,500.00
Albert Neville's Flapper Girls This opulent and provocative pastel on board is one of the many art deco glamour girl illustrations Albert Neville created during his career as a movie magazine cover artist, and freelance calendar illustrator. Heavily inspired by the floating head flapper girls Rolf Armstrong specialized in during the 1920s, this shows a […]
Artist: Albert Neville
Price: $3,850.00
Princess Pat Cosmetics Advertisement by Earl Christy This is an exquisite, well-preserved pastel illustration by American artist and illustrator Earl Christy. A dramatic Art Deco portrait, this pastel features a rosy-cheeked, fair skinned flapper beauty posed against a black background with her raven hair glistening and her tantalizingly exposed décolletage adorned with a strand of […]
Artist: Earl Christy
Price: Sold
Jean Harlow, Earl Moran, and the Golden Age of Hollywood This beguiling pastel on artist's paper was created by artist and illustrator Earl Moran as cover art for one of the many countless movie magazine titles in circulation during the Golden Age of Hollywood. We are, at this time, unable to find a published example […]
Artist: Earl Moran
Price: Sold
This pastel of Carole Lombard by Ed Dow was created as cover art for a 1930s Hollywood movie magazine. Original illustration at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
Artist: Ed Dow
Price: $3,250.00
This original pastel illustration artwork by Zoë Mozert shows a Jeanette MacDonald inspired glamour girl against a cobalt blue background. The work is a beautiful example by noted Brown& Bigelow pin up artist and prolific cover illustrator.
Artist: Zoë Mozert
Price: $3,500.00
Carole Lombard, 1933 This dazzling pastel created as cover art for a Golden Age Hollywood movie magazine showcases Carole Lombard against a cobalt blue background. Prominently featured is the dazzling star sapphire ring then-husband William Powell gave her as a gift in 1931--the first of many star sapphires the star would collect over the years. […]
Artist: Ed Dow
Price: $3,250.00
