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Along with its companion work “Ye Chiselers” (previously sold through Grapefruit Moon Gallery), Clive created this masterwork for the tavern of The Masquers Club, a historic and fascinating Hollywood institution. A reclining redheaded flapper is seen consorting with a Persian genie of sorts, illustrating the verse from the Rubaiyat which is inscribed on the mural.

The Infidel

Artist: Henry Clive
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, california, harem, Henry Clive, hollywood, Lost Hollywood, Masquers Club, mural, nude, Omar Khayyam, orientalist
Added to Gallery: March 15, 2011

This exceptionally large oil on canvas mural by Henry Clive was created for the long gone legendary Hollywood Boulevard haunt “The Jade Lounge.” Titled “The Buddha-Pest,” the image acted as a logo for the bar, with matchbooks and post cards created with its likeness to attract tourists. The Jade Lounge became a destination and this monumental painting remained a focal point of the restaurant for decades. Henry Clive executed several murals for Hollywood nightclubs, and for The Masquers Club, Hollywood’s oldest theatrical club.

A Buddha-Pest

Artist: Henry Clive
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, california, glamour, Henry Clive, hollywood, Jade Lounge, mural, nude, orientalist, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: November 13, 2008

A rare surviving original oil painting by Leslie Thrasher which was created as cover art the June 18, 1927 issue of Liberty Magazine. A Westward expanionist-themed view of California real estate speculation and planned communities, featuring a handsome modernist jazz age couple imagining their new life at the intersection of Buena Vista Boulevard & Broadway. Hope, determination and an underlying tension are created with the surprising color palette and the placement of the central figures against a surround that lies purely in the speculative imagination.

Buena Vista Boulevard & Broadway

Artist: Leslie Thrasher
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, california, jazz age, Leslie Thrasher, Liberty, magazine cover, original cover art
Added to Gallery: February 18, 2008

 

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    About Grapefruit Moon Gallery

    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.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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