Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
This lurid and bold gouache illustration painting by Fred Rodewald was created as cover art for the January, 1949 edition of Ecstasy Novel Magazine, which printed in full the novella length story "Paula Has A Price!" by pulp author Peggy Gaddis (writing under the pseudonym Perry Lindsay). Included with the painting is a published high grade edition of […]
Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price: SOLD
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.
Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price: $4,500.00
Earl MacPherson painting of a pin up girl playing with cat, created for 1953 Shaw Barton Calendar. Original artwork for sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
Artist: Earl MacPherson
Price: $4,500.00
This large original arwork by James Montgomery Flagg, attests to the friendship between peers during the Golden Age of Illustration.
Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
Price: $35,000.00
A subversive and suggestive gouache painting by Isabel Dawson which appeared as the cover of the Stallion Books paperback Trailer Camp Girl, a 1953 offering written by Doug Duperault. The text slugs reads : "They Called Her A Trailer Tramp - A Story of The Carefree Women Who Live - And Love - In Trailer Camps..." Painting has […]
Artist: Isabel Dawson
Price: SOLD
On offer is a spectacularly erotic French pre-pin up portrait of a Victorian redheaded maiden in very low cut gown by Henri Rondel. The artist was known for his sumptuous portraiture that juxtaposed the refined faces of French beauties with states of shocking undress. This example was acquired by the Osborne Art Company […]
Artist: Henri Rondel
Price: SOLD
A ghastly and macabre pulp cover painting by Mel Hunter for the January, 1958 edition of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, this loosely illustrated a story by Floyd Mahannah titled The Broken Angel. A voluptuous redheaded vixen appears in a moodily conceived graveyard at night with an ominous figure in a top-hat looming near an […]
Artist: Mel Hunter
Price: $3,950.00
This is a large format erotic pin-up calendar painting by the English illustrator Arnold Armitage. This was likely painted in about 1950 and appeared in calendars at that time with the title Studio Setting. This nude beauty proved too provocative for some markets, and the calendar company began issuing a version of this piece wherein the nudity […]
Artist: Arnold Armitage
Price: Sold
Who--Who's There? is a large and genre defining oil on board pin-up painting by Edward Eggleston, which was published by the American Art Works calendar company in the early 1930s. This is a rare surviving published calendar painting by the New York artist, created in an impressive light and shadow technique, capturing an art deco nude […]
Artist: Edward Eggleston
Price: $25,000.00
A boudoir themed pin-up girl original oil painting by Irving Winer from the art deco era, this shows a curvy brunette offering a leg show moment in her stylish dressing area with an electric cobalt blue circular mirror framing the image above her shoulder.
Artist: Irving Winer
Price: $3,950.00
