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Edward D'Ancona

Sleeping Beauty Pin-Up Girl by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. It was published with the title “Behind in Her Sleep” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN. Grapefruit Moon Gallery unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that […]

Behind On Her Sleep

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, blonde, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, glamour, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2020

In the Spotlight by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. This was originally published with the title “In the Spotlight” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up […]

In the Spotlight

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price:  $7,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1940s, american, blonde, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, glamour, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, USO, Veronica Lake
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2020

Goodnight Sweetheart by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. This was originally published with the title “Goodnight Sweetheart” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that […]

Goodnight Sweetheart

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price:  $7,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, pin up, redhead, risque
Added to Gallery: July 14, 2020

An under-dressed, red-headed, blue-eyed breezy co-ed sweater girl with legs for miles catches up on some reading at the library in this original calendar pin-up painting by Edward D’Ancona. Published in 1954 as a hanging pin-up calendar (Clarion Intaglio Hanger – No. 11306), this appeared with the clever double entendre title Well Red. The painting is in a […]

Well Red

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, glamour, Golden Age, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

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

A fresh to the market (and fresh in subject matter) 1940s original pin-up painting by Edward D’Ancona, created for the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company. Titled “Downstairs Maid” this is really a spirited rendering with an overtly erotic theme. For those of you keeping score, this commissioned cheesecake “Americana gone wrong” genre of pin-up art is white hot currently. This is by all accounts a defining example. This published illustration painting is in a very fine state of conservation, nicely matted and framed and ready to hang in your gallery, library or home.

The Downstairs Maid

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

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, cheesecake, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, french maid, illustration, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: November 21, 2009

Titled at turns “Flower Girl” and “Message of Love,” this original oil on canvas by Edward D’Ancona was created for the John Frederick Calendar Company. Featuring an elegant and wholesome depiction of the good girl glamour art ideal, this marks a winsome departure by the prolific and infamous creator of the panties dropping, embarrassment style of cheesecake that signaled the wane of the era of “The Great American Pin-up.”

Message of Love

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

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Edward D'Ancona, flowers, glamour, good girl art, John Frederick Calendar Company, Minnesota Artist, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: February 6, 2009

A large, colorful, situationally challenged pin-up girl finds herself in a revealing moment deftly rendered by the infamous Edward D’ancona. This painting, entitled Handle With Care was commissioned by The Thos. D. Murphy Calendar Company; Red Oak Iowa and a large original archived published calendar of this image is included in the sale. A scarce surviving original work by this prolific American cheesecake maestro.

Handle With Care

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

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, cheesecake, Edward D'Ancona, original calendar art, pin up, stockings, Thomas D. Murphy Calendar Company
Added to Gallery: July 21, 2007

 

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