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Victorian Cover Art by Archie Gunn This is a large format and racy (for the times) Victorian cover illustration for the long-running weekly periodical Truth Magazine. Created by illustrator Archie Gunn, this appeared as the cover for the January 13, 1894 edition with a title of “How Those Girls Love One Another”. Two girlfriends are […]

How Those Girls Love One Another

Artist: Archie Gunn

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1890s, Archie Gunn, Calendar, Cover Art, gouache, Norman Platnick, original illustration, Truth Magazine, victorian, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: July 7, 2020

An Edwardian Calendar Girl This is a large format, published watercolor and gouache painting on illustration board by the prolific American illustrator Henry Hutt. This painting appeared as the January 1907 page of “The Henry Hutt Calendar”. In this portrait a cinched waist Edwardian beauty delights the eye with a cane and masquerade mask held […]

Edwardian Calendar Girl – Miss January 1907

Artist: Henry Hutt

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: american, Calendar, Edwardian, glamour, Golden Age, gouache, Henry Hutt, Norman Platnick, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, portrait, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: July 7, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”The Girl of the West by Clarence F. Underwood” amount=”3500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] The Underwood American Girl Calendar – The Girl of the West This large Clarence Underwood gouache painting appeared as the first page in the 1908 Underwood American Girl Calendar with the title “The Girl Of The West“.  […]

The Girl of the West

Artist: Clarence F. Underwood

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, Calendar, Clarence F. Underwood, Edwardian, gouache, Militaria, Norman Platnick
Added to Gallery: June 17, 2020

Global Glamour – Typical Beauties on All Our War Fronts A fine surviving cover illustration painting by Henry Clive for the August 27, 1944 edition of “The American Weekly”, a Randolph Hearst publication. Clive enjoyed a three decade long association with this title, he often created serialized successive monthly covers of female heroines throughout history. […]

Global Glamour – Normandy

Artist: Henry Clive

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, American Weekly, Cover Art, gouache, Henry Clive, Norman Platnick, pin up, World War II, WWII
Added to Gallery: June 17, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Seaside Country Flapper Girl by Bertram Basabe” amount=”1850.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Seaside Country Flapper Girl by Bertram Basabe This is a beautifully colored gouache painting by English-American illustrator Bertram Basabe. A bucolic early 20th century offering, this painting features a lovely country flapper girl with hay colored hair and rosy […]

Seaside Country Flapper Girl

Artist: Bertram Basabe

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, Bertram Basabe, Calendar, gouache, Norman Platnick
Added to Gallery: June 14, 2020

A squared view of the original gouache illustration titled "Two for Five" by Michael Silver.

Two for Five – A Gouache Illustration by Michael Silver Up for sale is a wholesome and nostalgic gouache painting by American artist and illustrator Michael Silver. A classic mid-century, glossy magazine illustration, this winsome artwork features a handsome hardware store clerk with a chiseled jaw, blonde hair, and bright white teeth who is overjoyed […]

Two for Five

Artist: Michael Silver

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, blonde, Collier's, gouache, magazine illustration, Michael Silver, original interior illustration
Added to Gallery: March 6, 2020

A squared detail view of the original gouache on board painting titled "Not So Simple" by Dick Williams. Published in an issue of Collier's magazine.

Not So Simple – A Gouache Illustration by Dick Williams Up for sale is a beautifully rendered and emotionally wrought World War II-era gouache painting by artist and illustrator Dick Williams. In this published work of art, a young, blonde haired, blue-eyed, girl-next-door lies on her bed surrounded by letters from her beau who is […]

Not So Simple

Artist: Dick Williams

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, blonde, Collier's, Dick Williams, gouache, magazine illustration, original interior illustration, World War II, WWII
Added to Gallery: March 5, 2020

Gouache on illustration board painting by Daniel Content

Mystery and Style, the Work of Daniel Content Offered here is a vintage and original gouache on board illustration created by artist and illustrator Daniel Content. Dating to the 1940s, this comes from later in Content’s career as a creator of published works. He would, in the 1950s, transition from artist to art director. Filled […]

Veiled Mystery Woman

Artist: Daniel Content

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, cat, Daniel Content, gouache, illustration
Added to Gallery: February 20, 2020

Published Samson Pollen illustration

Original Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is an exceptionally rendered, exceedingly sexy, vintage and original gouache on board grayscale illustration by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator Samson Pollen. A classic example of 1970s men’s magazine art, this heady, thrilling illustration was published in a November 1970 issue of For Men Only […]

Gridiron Nymph

Artist: Samson Pollen

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1970s, blonde, football, gouache, illustration, locker room, men's adventure magazine, Men's Magazine art, original interior illustration, pin up, pulp, Samson Pollen
Added to Gallery: February 20, 2020

Cropped view of artwork by Samson Pollen

Original Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is an extensive, vintage and original, gouache on board illustration done in grayscale by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator Samson Pollen. A classic example of 1960s men’s magazine art, this salacious and provocative illustration was published in a July issue of Men magazine to accompany […]

Germany’s Fräulein Camps

Artist: Samson Pollen

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, gouache, illustration, magazine illustration, men's adventure magazine, Men's Magazine art, original interior illustration, pulp, Samson Pollen
Added to Gallery: February 20, 2020

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