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Bold, large and provocative, a sensational scandalous paperback cover painting by Rudy Nappi which was created for use as the cover of French Alley by Matthew Clay. Part of the Star Novels series of digest sized paperbacks released by Publication House, NYC, this steamy novel follows the proclivities of three young attractive women who endure heartbreak and discover rapture […]

French Alley

Artist: Rudy Nappi
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Golden Age, lesbian, lurid, new orleans, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pulp, risque, Rudy Nappi
Added to Gallery: March 1, 2018

The 1961 cover painting for the Beacon Book title Wild Body was created by an as-of-yet unidentified American artist. This novel by Manning Clay first appeared in digest form in 1953, our gallery also has that earlier cover painting available for sale. This lurid sleaze pulp fiction offering promises a wild ride — with more […]

Beacon Book Cover for Wild Body

Artist: Unknown American Artist
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Beacon Books, lesbian, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pulp, risque, sleaze
Added to Gallery: September 16, 2017

On offer is a lurid and provocative paperback book cover painting by Paul Rader for The Path Between. Dating to 1961, this Midwood Books title was a defining example of the highly popular, lesbian pulp genre.  The 1st edition played up the taboo subject with the slug line “The Bizarre World Of The Outcast Sex – Women Who Seek […]

The Path Between

Artist: Paul Rader
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: lesbian, lurid, Midwood books, paperback, Paul Radar, sleaze
Added to Gallery: May 29, 2015

A wildly erotic and revealed pin-up girl cover painting by the well regarded and prolific American illustrator and cover artist Paul Rader, for the 1960 Midwood Book titled “The Blonde”. Part of what is today considered the golden age of lesbian pulp fiction, “The Blonde” tells the story of a tormented working girl who finds […]

The Blonde

Artist: Paul Rader
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: blonde, erotic, lesbian, lurid, original cover art, paperback, pulp, stockings and garters, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: December 4, 2013

A dramatic and artfully posed gelatin silver original photograph by Edward Bower Hesser taken along the secluded shores of the California Coast. A pretty pair of lounging nude models mindful of the nude imagery of Edward Weston another noted nude Pictorialist who worked in Southern California during the 1920s – 30s art deco jazz-age. From an Allied Artist’s Photographers Guild east coast estate. An original graflex photograph taken by Hesser for use in his “Art’s Monthly Pictorial” photography magazine for artists and art students.

Nudes Along The California Coast

Artist: Edwin Bower Hesser
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, Edwin Bower Hesser, gelatin silver photograph, Griffith Park, lesbian, nude, study
Added to Gallery: July 20, 2010

A signed and dated 1943 erotic, lesbian-themed, art deco nude pastel by the notorious New York City libertine photographer and fine artist G. Maillard Kesslere. This defiantly “out” New York vanguard artist made his name by blurring the distinctions between the homosexual arts community and high society during the avant-garde interwar era. Both his pastels and photographs of sensuously-posed follies showgirls were much in demand among sophisticated circles during the exuberant, decadent art deco era.

Girlfriends

Artist: G. Maillard Kesslere
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, G. Maillard Kesslere, gay interest, lesbian, nude
Added to Gallery: August 26, 2007

 

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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.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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