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Edward Runci

This playfully spirited and sexy original oil on canvas pin-up painting by Edward Runci was published by the Shaw-Barton Calendar Company in 1947 with the title “Wish You Were Here.” The artist was an outstanding painter of pin-ups during the 1940s and 50s whose smooth style was much admired by his contemporaries. Unlike the majority of other […]

Wish You Were Here

Artist: Edward Runci
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Charles Martignette, Edward Runci, erotic, glamour, Golden Age, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: September 6, 2016

A luminous and glowing, glamour girl painting by the well-listed, prolific pin-up illustrator and Hollywood portrait artist Edward Runci. This fine oil on canvas features a Haddon Sundblom / Gil Elvgren inspired color palette and painterly technique. A formally posed beauty queen with a little bit of mischief in her eyes, in white gloves and fur wrap with a purple orchid from an admirer.

The Purple Orchid

Artist: Edward Runci
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Edward Runci, flowers, glamour, opera gloves, orchid, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: November 9, 2010

A luminous and glowing glamour girl painting by the well listed prolific pin-up illustrator and Hollywood Portrait artist Edward Runci. This fine oil-on-streched-canvas features a Haddon Sundblom/Gil Elvgren color palette and painterly technique. A formally posed beauty queen in purple gloves and fur with an orchid and a inviting smile awaits you. Condition, like the work, is flawless.

Glamour Girl With Orchid

Artist: Edward Runci
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Edward Runci, flowers, glamour, hollywood, orchid, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: July 21, 2007

 

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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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