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A whimsical and stylized rare original gouache painting on illustration board by Anne Harriet Sefton a.k.a. Fish; this was the cover for The April 1919 edition of Vanity Fair Magazine published by Conde Nast. Work is in the humorous yet refined swinging youth style that came to personify the art deco Jazz Age. Painting is silk matted and beautifully framed in a period antique gold gilt wood frame under glass.

The Gondola Ride

Artist: Anne Harriet Fish
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art deco, bathing beauty, flapper, gondola, high society, jazz age, magazine cover, original cover art, Vanity Fair
Added to Gallery: April 21, 2017

This luminous, expressive oil on masonite was created as an interior story illustration by beloved american artist Tom Lovell, which has verso notations which lead us to believe this was published in the May, 1947 edition of American Magazine, a title the artist frequently worked for. A young snappily attired couple are shown surrendering to the […]

Gondola In Venice

Artist: Tom Lovell
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: american, American Magazine, glamour, Golden Age, gondola, italian, New Rochelle, Norman Rockwell, original illustration art, original interior illustration, Tom Lovell
Added to Gallery: July 17, 2016

A delicately rendered high society Belle Epoque turn of the century Venice Italy gondola scene . Most likely an interior illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, as Wright was a weekly contributor there. Wright was born in 1872 and a member of the National Academy. He founded an artistic community in Westport, CT, and his works are in numerous museums and galleries . He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art, Davenports, the Artists Bluebook and The Illlustrator in America by Walt Reed.

Gondola in Venice

Artist: George Hand Wright
Price:  $1,950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art nouveau, belle epoque, George Hand Wright, gondola, original interior illustration, The Saturday Evening Post
Added to Gallery: April 29, 2016

A large, Victorian era, original watercolor on illustration board by frequent LIFE Magazine illustrator, Charles Howard Johnson. This was most likely an interior, 2-page, color plate illustration for Truth Magazine. A stylized Belle Epoque, old world gondola scene. Nicely framed in a large, period, gesso wood frame.

Victorian Moon

Artist: Charles Howard Johnson
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1890s, american, belle epoque, Charles Howard Johnson, fantasy, gondola, moon, seduction, Truth Magazine, victorian
Added to Gallery: May 4, 2009

A colorful, bright and decorative art deco era original gouache illustration painting, created for print use by an as of yet unidentified fruit/produce company. A handsome shirtless native effortlessly navigates a tropical waterway in a fruit filled gondola. In style and execution, this work is reminiscent of many of the Travel Magazine covers commissioned for print use of the same era. Nicely matted and framed in an art deco period silver gesso handsome wood frame.

Fruit Boat Gondola Ride

Artist: E. B. Segner
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, advertising, american, art deco, E. B. Segner, gondola, illustration
Added to Gallery: December 8, 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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