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An impish winged cupid is the subject of this Edwardian Americana illustration by famed and prolific artist Orson Lowell. It appeared as the September 25, 1913 cover of Life Magazine’s Heart To Heart Number.

A Warm Heart

Artist: Orson Lowell
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, art nouveau, cherub, Cupid, Golden Age, LIFE, magazine cover, original cover art, Orson Lowell
Added to Gallery: February 2, 2018

A moving and large Victorian era interior illustration presumably for the old LIFE magazine. An original grisaillle illustration by noted American illustrator C. Clyde Squires (1883-1970).

Victorian Mourning Interior Scene

Artist: C. Clyde Squires
Price:  $2,450.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, american, C. Clyde Squires, LIFE, mourning, original interior illustration, victorian
Added to Gallery: March 13, 2016

A two paneled signed pen & ink illustration drawing by Nell Brinkley published as an interior illustration in a 1931 edition of Life magazine. On the left the biblical Eve is seen in the Garden of Eden, in harmony with nature and god’s living creatures before her fall into temptation. The right image shows Jill, a […]

Eve & Jill

Artist: Nell Brinkley
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, Adam & Eve, american, art deco, Brinkley Girl, flapper, Golden Age, LIFE, Nell Brinkley, original illustration art, original interior illustration, pin up, satirical
Added to Gallery: June 29, 2014

An original illustration created for the December 7, 1959 edition of Life Magazine by legendary comic artist Frank Frazetta showing the Al Capp studio characters Daisy Mae and L’il Abner.

Daisy Mae & Li’l Abner

Artist: Frank Frazetta
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, cartoon, Frank Frazetta, LIFE
Added to Gallery: April 21, 2011

A whimsically rendered, belle-epoque pen and ink illustration, presumably created for an early issue of Life magazine, addressing the adventures of growing old. A young girl on the left attempts to gain the attention of father time (viewed literally handing out birthdays off of an old cart) while Edwardian attired women on the right flee the aging process. This appears to be an illustration for a writing by Helen Ring Robinson, the author who in 1908 adaped a version of Uncle Tom’s cabin for children. Her name is ghost written in light pencil upper left below one of the 8 draining hour glasses.

Adventures in Growing Old

Artist: Orson Lowell
Price:  SOLD !!

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, belle epoque, cartoon, Edwardian, Helen Ring Robinson, LIFE, original interior illustration, Orson Lowell
Added to Gallery: February 5, 2007

A sharp, scathing political commentary on the heartlessness of tycoons, barons and monopolists. Depicting a fat cat industrialist sitting on top of the world wih his east coast riches dreaming from behind binoculars of otherworldly conquests as he crushes the masses beneath him. A commsissioned illustration presumably for an early issue of Life Magazine, the image captures with wonderful humor the anti-Eastern, trust-busting late Progressive culture of the early 20th century. Work is beautifully framed and matted.

Fat Cat On Top Of the World

Artist: Orson Lowell
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, Andrew Carnegie, cartoon, globe, LIFE, Orson Lowell, satirical
Added to Gallery: January 29, 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.

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