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Gloria Swanson

A sophisticated charcoal portrait by iconic and beloved American artist and illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, dated 1936. A severe yet fetching caricature-styled portait of Hollywood film legend Gloria Swanson during her self-imposed seven year hiatus from Hollywood. Flagg created a series of similar portraits for the cover of Photoplay Magazine during the years 1936 – 1938. This was likely commissioned by Photoplay for the series, but scrapped when a rumored return to film by Swanson failed to materialize.

Gloria Swanson

Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Gloria Swanson, hollywood, illustration, James Montgomery Flagg, original illustration art, Photoplay, portrait, sunset boulevard
Added to Gallery: February 18, 2012

The instantly iconic profile of Gloria Swanson is foregrounded in this romantic and highly art deco photograph of the queen of silent film, from her 1929 vehicle The Trespasser. In refined flapper pose, against abstracted picture window, Swanson defines the roaring ’20s with all of its sexuality and culture. The still features heavily notated verso with Spanish language text and archival numbering.

Gloria Swanson in The Trespasser

Artist: Unknown
Price:  S O L D

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Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, flapper, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, Gloria Swanson, hollywood, jazz age, United Artists
Added to Gallery: June 21, 2010

Grapefruit Moon Gallery is delighted to offer this spectacularly executed, and exceedingly rare surviving original painting by Henry Clive of the glamorous silent era Hollywood superstar Gloria Swanson. Clive, a staff illustrator at Paramount, executed a series of portraits for for the film studio of stars including Rudolph Valentino, Mae Murray, Pola Negri, Betty Compson, Jackie Coogan and Charlie Chaplin. These portraits graced the lids of 1920s Canco company tins, and this is the only original painting from the series known to exist. It is truly rare treasure from the Lost Era of Hollywood.

Portrait of Gloria Swanson

Artist: Henry Clive
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Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, Gloria Swanson, Henry Clive, hollywood, jazz age, Paramount Films, portrait, silent movie, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: March 15, 2010

A delightful original pastel by Charles Sheldon of a lavishly-attired Gloria Swanson posed in the style of a Follies Showgirl, bathed in red light. Double matted and framed in a period art deco gesso wood painted frame.

Follies Girl in Red

Artist: Charles Sheldon
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Tagged With: 1910s, 1920s, american, art deco, Charles Sheldon, flapper, follies, Gloria Swanson, hollywood, jazz age, original calendar art, pin up, showgirl
Added to Gallery: January 10, 2009

An exceptional pastel rendering of a Gloria Swanson in blue glamorous Follies showgirl manner by Charles Sheldon. Pastel is double matted and framed in a museum quality carved wood frame.

Costumed Ziegfeld Follies Girl With Mask

Artist: Charles Sheldon
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Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, Charles Sheldon, flapper, follies, Gloria Swanson, hollywood, jazz age, masquarade, original calendar art, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: January 10, 2009

A beautiful and mysterious original art deco period oil on canvas, titled on verso Vanity. Art is signed in upper left, as seen, and appears to be Jochumsen. I believe the artist was a Oliver C. Jochumsen who worked in Philadelphia and later mover to Arizona and was a painter there of some merit, so much in fact the Arizona watercolor society currently awards the “Oliver C. Jochumsen” honor to new emerging artists. A delightful, Art Deco nude rendering with swans, which borrows from the Leda And The Swan motif. I cannot tell you more about this work other than that it is vintage, 1920’s, and really wonderful as a decorative art piece or perhaps as a published piece in Vanity Fair or Vogue, or another period publication.

Vanity

Artist: Oliver Jochumsen
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, Gloria Swanson, harem, jazz age, nude, Oliver Jochumsen, vanity
Added to Gallery: March 21, 2006

 

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    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.

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