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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

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Louis F. Dow

A rare and never before on the market painting by Gil Elvgren, this exceptional piece is the epitome of pin-up calendar art!

Gone With the Wind

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price: $52,000.00 $36,400.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1930s, bathing beauty, Calendar, Gil Elvgren, Louis F. Dow, nude, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: August 21, 2022

Fair and Warmer by Arnold Armitage We are ecstatic to offer this never before on the market pin-up painting by artist Arnold Armitage. This piece was published in the late 1940s by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company, St. Paul, Minnesota with the title “Fair and Warmer”. The image also appeared on a trade stimulator […]

Fair and Warmer

Artist: Arnold Armitage
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Arnold Armitage, Calendar, Louis F. Dow, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: August 21, 2020

Off Her Pins, a classic cheesecake pin-up girl by Arnold Armitage This is a fresh-to-the-market pin-up calendar painting by Arnold Armitage published in the 1940s by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company, St. Paul, Minnesota. This bowling themed cheesecake offering features a classic situational mishap scene wherein a brunette in a flirty red ensemble finds […]

Off Her Pins

Artist: Arnold Armitage
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Arnold Armitage, cheesecake, Louis F. Dow, oil painting
Added to Gallery: August 21, 2020

Modern Venus by Al Moore This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Al Moore. This was published with the titles “Modern Venus” and “Hold Tight” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN; part of their 1954 calendar line. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just […]

Modern Venus

Artist: Al Moore
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Al Moore, american, blonde, Calendar, erotic, Louis F. Dow, nude, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: July 20, 2020

Cheesecake Pin-Up Art by Vaughan Bass This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the important illustrator Vaughan Bass. It was published by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN. Grapefruit Moon Gallery unearthed a collection new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that had been in a house in Saint Louis Park, […]

Grabbing At Straws

Artist: Vaughan Bass
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Calendar, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, pin up, Vaughan Bass
Added to Gallery: July 18, 2020

Sleeping Beauty Pin-Up Girl by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. It was published with the title “Behind in Her Sleep” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN. Grapefruit Moon Gallery unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that […]

Behind On Her Sleep

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, blonde, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, glamour, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2020

Newly uncovered original Gil Elvgren painting, overpainted by Vaughan Bass. A 1944 oil on canvas for Louis F. Dow.

What a Break – Overpaint

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, art deco, Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Gil Elvgren, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2020

In the Spotlight by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. This was originally published with the title “In the Spotlight” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up […]

In the Spotlight

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price: $8,000.00 $5,600.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1940s, american, blonde, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, glamour, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, USO, Veronica Lake
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2020

Goodnight Sweetheart by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. This was originally published with the title “Goodnight Sweetheart” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that […]

Goodnight Sweetheart

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price: $8,500.00 $5,950.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, pin up, redhead, risque
Added to Gallery: July 14, 2020

      This is a fun, well-conceived, and luminous original pin-up calendar painting by Art Frahm that appeared in the 1947 Louis F. Dow Calendar Company line under the title Cute Trick. In this oil on canvas painting, a startled, pretty young blonde is catching up on some late night reading when she is […]

Cute Trick

Artist: Art Frahm
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Art Frahm, Calendar, Charles Martignette, cheesecake, glamour, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: April 1, 2019

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    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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