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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

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A fresh to the market oil painting on canvas by noted artist & illustrator Sam Cherry, this artwork was created for use as the cover of the January, 1947 issue of New Western Magazine. A lurid Wild West pulp spectacle of a rugged cowboy holding a hapless hostage in a chokehold with his handcuffs as […]

New Western Cowboy Pulp Cover

Artist: Sam Cherry
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, cowboy, Golden Age, illustration, lurid, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, portrait, pulp, western americana
Added to Gallery: May 2, 2019

Peter Driben vintage and original pin up painting created as cover for Wink Magazine. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

Wink

Artist: Peter Driben
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Beauty Parade, erotic, fantasy, Girlie Magazines, glamour, Golden Age, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, Peter Driben, pin up, portrait, pulp, Wink
Added to Gallery: March 26, 2019

Original illustration painting by Paul Remmey for sale, for the Lutheran Church’s 1955 Reformation Bulletin.

Luther And His Printer

Artist: Paul Remmey
Price:  $950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1950s, illustration, Luther, Lutheran, magazine cover, original illustration art, Paul Remmer, Reformation Bulletin
Added to Gallery: February 25, 2019

This lurid and bold gouache illustration painting by Fred Rodewald was created as cover art for the January, 1949 edition of Ecstasy Novel Magazine, which printed in full the novella length story “Paula Has A Price!” by pulp author Peggy Gaddis (writing under the pseudonym Perry Lindsay). Included with the painting is a published high grade edition of […]

Paula Has A Price!

Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Ecstasy Novel, erotic, Fred Rodewald, Golden Age, hooker, lurid, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, Peggy Gaddis, pin up, pulp, risque
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

This original painting by John Hilkert, which appeared as the cover of the Canadian edition of 10-Story Detective Magazine in January 1943, provides an intriguing window into little known moment in pulp art history.

Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover

Artist: John Hilkert
Price:  $7,500.00

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, Golden Age, John Hilkert, magazine cover, Norman Saunders, original cover art, original illustration art, pulp, Ten Story Detective Magazine
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

An original signed painting by the prolific illustrator Henry Clive. This was likely commissioned for the cover of The American Weekly, a William Randolph Hearst publication. Clive spent three decades creating several hundred covers for this weekly publication, although the original paintings rarely come on the market. Pictured is pin-up model and Paramount Film Star Mona Freeman who made a nice career for herself typically cast as the perky good girl supporting actress.

The Masquarade – A Scarecrow

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, American Weekly, glamour, Golden Age, Henry Clive, hollywood, magazine cover, Mona Freeman, original cover art, pin up, portrait, scarecrow
Added to Gallery: August 16, 2018

We are pleased to have this original pastel by the talented and prolific pin-up artist and illustrator R. Wilson Hammell. This Spanish attired, flapper girl envisioning of Joan Crawford was created either as a calendar art print for The Joseph Hoover Calendar Company or an early talkie movie era Magazine Cover. Crawford was an eager publicity hound in the early 1930’s filling the void created by the elusive Garbo, who refused any publicity during the era of Crawford’s ascendancy to stardom.

A Dashing Joan Crawford

Artist: R. Wilson Hammell
Price:  $4,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, flapper, gypsy, hollywood, Joan Crawford, magazine cover, original calendar art, R. Wilson Hammell, spanish
Added to Gallery: August 7, 2018

This fresh to the market lively cover painting by Earle K. Bergey appeared as the cover of the winter 1948 issue of the Better Publications title Cartoon Humor. A breezy co-ed pin-up girl in a form fitting red sweater enjoys a snowy sled ride frolic, sending a good natured but clearly over the hill dandy into the powder. He […]

Cartoon Humor Sled Ride

Artist: Earle K. Bergey
Price:  $7,500.00

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, Earle K. Bergey, Golden Age, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, pulp, risque
Added to Gallery: August 1, 2018

      On offer is a remarkable published pulp cover painting by Lejaren Hiller (American, 1880-1969), titled Absinthe, for Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Magazine – April 21, 1928. Between 1924 and 1939, the artist created hundreds of covers for this long running title, and this is among the most captivating. The image showcases an up-to-the-minute smoking flapper girl feeling strangely […]

Absinthe

Artist: Lejaren Hiller
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, flapper, Golden Age, illustration, Lejaren Hiller, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, portrait, pulp, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: July 17, 2018

A fresh to the market, good girl art painting by Howard Connelly, created as the June 1950 cover of the Thrilling Publications pulp title Thrilling Love. A pretty pin-up girl enjoys a soda fountain strawberry shake against a vibrant yellow fade away design aesthetic that is modernist and impactful. The 1940s and 50s saw the creation of […]

Thrilling Love Soda Girl

Artist: Howard Connelly
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Golden Age, good girl art, Howard Connelly, magazine cover, pin up, pulp, soda fountain, Thrilling Love
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2018

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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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