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A Yachting Champion by F. Earl Christy This is a considerably sized oil on illustration board painting date to c. 1910–1915. Created by F. Earl Christy for American Art Works in Coshocton, OH, this was published as calendar art. An example of this painting as a published print is shown above and is included in […]

Yachting

Artist: Earl Christy
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, American Art Works, boat, Calendar, Earl Christy, F. Earl Christy, Norman Platnick, oil painting, sailor
Added to Gallery: September 9, 2020

  Described as “the world’s greatest pin-up photographer” by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager’s body of work includes over five decades of spectacular, and groundbreaking celebrations of female beauty. One of the only female photographers working in the pin-up and nude genres, she captured the female body with […]

Bettie Page with Grouper Fish

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Bettie Page, boat, Bunny Yeager, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, negative, nude, ocean, pin up, pin up photography
Added to Gallery: February 22, 2019

  Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this photograph of Bettie Page nude and blissfully posed on the railing of a Chris Craft boat during the year-long partnership which changed the course of both women’s careers. This gelatin silver print is 4 of an edition of 10, signed by […]

Bettie Page on Chris Craft with Hand Behind the Head

Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Bettie Page, boat, Bunny Yeager, fine art photography, florida, Glamour Photography, Miami, nude, ocean, pin up, pin up photography
Added to Gallery: February 2, 2019

This Orson Lowell scene of a flapper couple ice yachting with the unexpected help of a pierrot deckhand was presumably created as a cover painting for Collier’s magazine.

Ice Sailing

Artist: Orson Lowell
Price:  $10,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, american, boat, Collier's, flapper, magazine cover, original cover art, Orson Lowell, pierrot, The Golden Gallery, winter
Added to Gallery: October 7, 2017

A classic situational cheesecake pin up mishap unfolds in this original Louis F. Dow calendar painting by the Chicago area artist Charles Showalter titled “High & Dry.” The lovely nude is caught, high, and perhaps now dry after removing her clothes. Grapefruit Moon Gallery recently acquired this and several other Louis F. Dow published calendar […]

High and Dry

Artist: Charles Showalter
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, boat, Charles Showalter, cheesecake, chicago, Great American Pin-up, nude, original calendar art, pin up, sundblom shop, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: October 7, 2013

D’Ancona brings a lighthearted sense of whimsy to this 1950s situational cheesecake pin-up oil on board, which he created for the Goes Lithographic Company, Cincinnati Ohio.

A talented and prolific illustrator, D’Ancona excelled at creating curvaceous imaginings of the Girl Next Door, often presented at her most adorably vulnerable. In this artwork, a pouting brunette reaches for “A Lost Oar” (the title seen on verso of illustration board) only to find herself up the proverbial creek without a paddle.

Up A Creek

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, boat, cheesecake, Edward D'Ancona, Goes Litho. Company, good girl art, Great American Pin-up, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: November 10, 2010

This is a unique and intriguing pair of original illustrations by Rolf Armstrong, created over the July 4th weekend in 1941, at the Brown & Bigelow holiday company retreat at Breezy Point Lodge in Northern Minnesota. Armstrong, and his favorite model, Jewel Flowers, were celebrities at the event, and Armstrong was called upon to create this impromptu view of Jewel in all-American sporting poses, as an instructional event. Jewel sat lakeside modeling, as Rolf depicted her first beneath a tent, then with a dog, then finally, holding a newly caught fish, similar to the prized walleye she caught at Breezy Point that weekend. These two pieces provide a rare look at the process Armstrong used to develop his iconic pin up creations, and come from the estate of Mike Wooldridge the co-author of “Pin-up Dreams” the well regarded and thoughtfully compiled monograph on the artist.

Jewel Flowers at Breezy Point

Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, bathing beauty, boat, Brown & Bigelow, fishing, Jewel Flowers, original calendar art, pin up, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: September 7, 2010

From the estate of Mike Wooldridge, our friend sadly departed and deeply missed author, historian and advanced pin-up collector comes this new to the the market original pastel illustration by Rolf Armstrong. Pictured is Jewel Flowers, the artist’s favorite model and dear friend for decades. This beautiful pin up portrait dates to the war years of the 1940s and Jewel is depicted in a star spangled red, white and blue patriotic scarf as she readies herself to embark in an afternoon of sailing. Armstrong for several years in the early 1940s had a summer studio in Marblehead Mass, where he was able to combine his love of women, sailing and art and absorb the beautiful seaside imagery and bright vibrant colors associated with this historic beach town.

Embarking On a Sail

Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, boat, Brown & Bigelow, Great American Pin-up, Jewel Flowers, original calendar art, patriotic, pin up, Rolf Armstrong, sailor
Added to Gallery: August 31, 2010

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    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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