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Published Samson Pollen illustration

Original Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is an exceptionally rendered, exceedingly sexy, vintage and original gouache on board grayscale illustration by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator Samson Pollen. A classic example of 1970s men’s magazine art, this heady, thrilling illustration was published in a November 1970 issue of For Men Only […]

Gridiron Nymph

Artist: Samson Pollen

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1970s, blonde, football, gouache, illustration, locker room, men's adventure magazine, Men's Magazine art, original interior illustration, pin up, pulp, Samson Pollen
Added to Gallery: February 20, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Bunny in Handmade Negligee (after Jean Harlow) by Bunny Yeager” amount=”2250.00″ 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”] Bunny Yeager as Model and Photographer Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this pin up self-portrait in 1963, showcasing her draw on both sides of the camera by posing in […]

Bunny in Handmade Negligee (after Jean Harlow)

Artist: Bunny Yeager

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1960s, blonde, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, pin up, pin up photography, self portrait
Added to Gallery: February 2, 2020

Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this pin up self-portrait in 1959. The artist and model showcases her draw on both sides of the camera by posing in a large barrel, soaping up her peroxide blonde locks while taking an outdoor bath in Miami, Florida.

Bunny Yeager Self-Portrait in Barrel

Artist: Bunny Yeager

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, black & white photography, blonde, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, pin up, pin up photography, self portrait
Added to Gallery: February 2, 2020

Earl Moran created this iconic published pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow’s 1946 calendar line.  It was published with the title “The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses”. The image shows a pretty blonde, enjoying a libation in a cordial glass, her inviting smile and legs on full display. This fresh-to-the-market original pastel is in a […]

The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses

Artist: Earl Moran

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, blonde, Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Earl Moran, Golden Age, illustration, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up
Added to Gallery: October 28, 2019

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Art Deco Blonde in Black Satin” 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”] Vintage 1930s Art Deco Pin Up Painting This original oil on canvas painting dates to the mid 1930s and features a Hollywood Regency styled image inspired by Ginger Rogers in black satin. The painting is unsigned and appears to be […]

Art Deco Blonde in Black Satin

Artist: American Artist

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, blonde, Calendar, fashion, Golden Age, hollywood, illustration, jazz age, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up
Added to Gallery: August 7, 2019

This jubilant pastel portrait of a young beaming pre-code chorine is an early signed offering by the famed pin-up artist Earl Moran. Dating to the early 1930s, the image appears to feature a young Alice Faye, who made her Broadway debut in George White’s Scandals in 1931 and made the move to Hollywood when the film version of the show was produced in 1934.

Blonde Chorine

Artist: Earl Moran

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Alice Faye, blonde, Earl Moran, Golden Age, Original pastel
Added to Gallery: August 6, 2018

Pulp and paperback artist Edward Mortiz created this femme fatale artwork as the cover of the 1961 Beacon Books title House Party by Dominique Napier.

House Party

Artist: Edward Moritz

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Beacon Books, blonde, Edward Moritz, House Party, original cover art, paperback, risque, sleaze, smoking
Added to Gallery: December 1, 2017

On offer is a classic cheesecake pin up painting featuring a decidedly sexy bed-headed platinum blonde ala Marilyn Monroe by the prolific American pin-up artist Bill Randall. Bill Randall is best remembered for his wildly popular spiral bound “Randall’s Date Book” 12 page calendars for The Kemper-Thomas Calendar Company. He also created a series of works in […]

Platinum Blonde

Artist: Bill Randall

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Bill Randall, blonde, glamour, original calendar art, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: October 31, 2016

    A sultry mixed medium paperback cover illustration by Lou Marchetti, this first appeared in 1951 as the paperback cover of Shadow Of The Mafia, aka Horns of the Devil by Louis Malley.  The provocative and hard-boiled image shows an “easy loving” blonde beauty flirtatiously eying the streetwise tough Don Alberto, who lays on the bed, his enforcers […]

Shadow Of The Mafia

Artist: Lou Marchetti

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, blonde, crime, hard boiled, Lou Marchetti, mafia, original cover art, paperback, pulp, sleaze
Added to Gallery: December 14, 2014

A wildly erotic and revealed pin-up girl cover painting by the well regarded and prolific American illustrator and cover artist Paul Rader, for the 1960 Midwood Book titled “The Blonde”. Part of what is today considered the golden age of lesbian pulp fiction, “The Blonde” tells the story of a tormented working girl who finds […]

The Blonde

Artist: Paul Rader

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: blonde, erotic, lesbian, lurid, original cover art, paperback, pulp, stockings and garters, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: December 4, 2013

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