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O my Luve’s like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June Enchanting, dream-like, and romantic, American illustrator Zula Kenyon’s early 20th century portraits offer up a soft, supple, and genteel look at the Edwardian woman. This original pastel on canvas illustration dates to 1914 and features a brunette beauty with milky-white skin draped […]

My Luv’s Like a Red, Red Rose

Artist: Zula Kenyon

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Calendar Art, Edwardian, flowers, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, Norman Platnick, pastel, Roses, Zula Kenyon
Added to Gallery: October 28, 2020

Pin-Up Glamour Portraiture by Jules Erbit This is a dated 1942 pastel illustration created by Hungarian artist and illustrator Jules Erbit for The Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company. Titled, “Jeannie”, this is a glamorous pin-up offering! Erbit was a prolific illustrator who worked for seemingly all of the major calendar companies of the day. He offered typically […]

Jeannie

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, Jules Erbit, Norman Platnick, pastel
Added to Gallery: August 5, 2020

For sale is an original 1938 art deco pastel glamour girl pin up pastel by Jules Erbit titled Judy, created for the Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company.

Judy

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Calendar, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, glamour, good girl art, Jules Erbit, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 24, 2018

Original pin up pastel from 1941 by Jules Erbit titled Yours Truly, for the Gerlach-Barklow company, Joliet, Illinois. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

Yours Truly

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, art deco, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, glamour, good girl art, illustration, Jules Erbit, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 20, 2018

“Eyes That Invite” is a colorful and classic 1950 original glamour girl pin-up pastel by Pearl Frush and published by the Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company of Joliet Illinois. This was gifted by a salesman at Gerlach-Barklow to the Robberson Steel Company of Oklahoma City in appreciation for their lucrative advertising account.

Eyes That Invite

Artist: Pearl Frush

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, glamour, original calendar art, Pearl Frush, pin up
Added to Gallery: January 15, 2018

A luminious beautiful original published mixed medium calendar illustration which appeared with the title Evening Reveries in the 1921 “Indian Maids” calendar line, for Gerlach-Barklow of Joliet Illinois. This was created by James Arthur who worked in a style like that of of L. Goddard, where a base photograph was lavishly over-painted by the artist […]

Evening Reveries

Artist: James Arthur

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, Calendar, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, indian maiden, James Arthur, native american
Added to Gallery: February 25, 2015

This good girl art original pastel exemplifies the beauty and personality which kept pin up and glamour a mainstay of calendar imagery even after illustration began giving way to technicolor photography in popularity. This features a fresh faced auburn haired modernist beauty queen from 1975 envisioned by the leading female pin-up illustrator Pearl Frush and published by Gerlach-Barklow of Joliet Illinois.

A Modern Miss 1975

Artist: Pearl Frush

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1970s, american, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, good girl art, original calendar art, Pearl Frush, pin up
Added to Gallery: October 12, 2011

A radiant and pristine original pastel glamour pin-up illustration by Pearl Frush, created in 1944 and used in the 1945 Gerlach-Barklow calendar line under the title “Lovely as the Dawn”. This really shows to great affect what Frush was able to create with her almost photo-realist in technique pastel mastery. Housed in its handsome original presentation frame properly lined behind glass with a verso tag from Robberson Steel Co. of Oklahoma who was gifted this pastel in exchange for their advertising.

Lovely As The Dawn

Artist: Pearl Frush

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, good girl art, original calendar art, Pearl Frush, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 27, 2011

“Angel Face” is a dazzling, nearly photo-realist 1959 original glamour girl pin-up pastel by Pearl Frush which was published by the Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company of Joliet Illinois. This was gifted by a salesman at Gerlach-Barklow to the Robberson Steel Company of Oklahoma City in appreciation for their lucrative advertising account. Pastel is in a pristine state of conservation in the original gold wide profile frame lined behind glass with plate on front with title and year of print publication.

Angel Face

Artist: Pearl Frush

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, good girl art, original calendar art, Pearl Frush, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 20, 2011

This good girl art original pastel exemplifies the beauty and personality which kept pin up and glamour a mainstay of calendar imagery even after illustration began giving way to photography in popularity. This features a fresh faced brunette envisioned by the leading female pin-up illustrator Pearl Frush and published by Gerlach-Barklow of Joliet Illinois. It was customary for calendar salesmen to reward premiere advertising accounts with original illustrations as incentive to keep advertising with the firm.

Miss 1964

Artist: Pearl Frush

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, american, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, good girl art, original calendar art, Pearl Frush, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 20, 2011

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