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A hauntingly beautiful dated 1919 oil on canvas painting by the American artist and illustrator Charles Allan Winter. A nude Art Nouveau maiden with a purple iris posed in front of mosaic work in a style and aesthetic that recalls Alphonse Mucha. Painting is framed in a completely hand crafted gesso batwing frame that was created specifically to house this jewel of a painting.

Art Nouveau Nude With Purple Iris

Artist: Charles Winter
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art nouveau, Charles Winter, erotic, flowers, Golden Age, iris, Mucha, nude, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: May 17, 2021

An original painting by Fred Rodewald which appeared as the cover of the December, 1949 edition of the digest pulp fiction title Exotic Novel Magazine.

Buy My Love

Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, erotic, Fred Rodewald, glamour, Golden Age, lurid, original cover art, Peggy Gaddis, pin up, pulp, risque, sleaze
Added to Gallery: October 31, 2020

Modern Venus by Al Moore This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Al Moore. This was published with the titles “Modern Venus” and “Hold Tight” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN; part of their 1954 calendar line. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just […]

Modern Venus

Artist: Al Moore
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Al Moore, american, blonde, Calendar, erotic, Louis F. Dow, nude, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: July 20, 2020

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

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 Edward Eggleston original artwork featuring a nude nymph at a lake, with Maxfield Parrish blues. Vintage illustration art for sale, make your best offer!

Enchantment

Artist: Edward Eggleston
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: american, American Art Works, art deco, Calendar, Edward Eggleston, erotic, fantasy, flapper, Golden Age, Maxfield Parrish, nude, nymph, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: February 1, 2020

This breezy pin-up calendar illustration by Fitz William Boynton depicts a sassy redheaded flapper girl with bobbed red hair enjoying a day at the beach with Scottie dog in tow. A vintage salesman sample of the calendar image is included in the sale – image was titled “Adorable”.  As long time pin-up collectors and dealers, […]

Adorable

Artist: Fitz Boynton
Price:  $2,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, bathing beauty, Calendar, erotic, Fitz William Boynton, flapper, glamour, Golden Age, jazz age, pastel, pin up, risque, scottie dog
Added to Gallery: May 7, 2019

Antique, Art Deco-era, flapper girl store display statuette mannequin from the 1920s styled after the work of Maurice Milliere.

Re-Duce-Oids Advertising Statuette Mannequin

Artist: After Maurice Milliere
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, advertising, art deco, doll, erotic, Fanny, flapper, Maurice Milliere, Quackery, risque
Added to Gallery: March 26, 2019

Peter Driben vintage and original pin up painting created as cover for Wink Magazine. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

Wink

Artist: Peter Driben
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Beauty Parade, erotic, fantasy, Girlie Magazines, glamour, Golden Age, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, Peter Driben, pin up, portrait, pulp, Wink
Added to Gallery: March 26, 2019

Large, dramatically lit, and alluring, this gouache on illustration board painting by Howard Purcell was created as cover art in 1953 for the digest novel Wild Body by Manning Clay, which told “the intimate story of a modern Salome–who tried to shed the seventh veil.” The scene shows Valerie, a pretty albeit tired burlesque dancer between shows, […]

Wild Body

Artist: Howard Purcell
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Charles Martignette, erotic, glamour, Golden Age, Howard Purcell, nude, original cover art, paperback, pin up, pulp, risque, sleaze
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

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    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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