Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Described as “the world’s greatest pin-up photographer” by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager began her career as a model, and her comfort on both sides of the lens is one of the skills she leaned on to bring out a level of comfort and naturalness which few glamour photographers […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this photograph of Bettie Page, nude and posed on a bed as she snuggles up to a stuffed tiger, during the year-long partnership which changed the course of both women’s careers. This is an exquisite fine art, cheesecake glamour portrait of the […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Described as “the world’s greatest pin-up photographer” by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager’s body of work includes over five decades of spectacular, and groundbreaking celebrations of female beauty. One of the only female photographers working in the pin-up and nude genres, she captured the female body with […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Bunny Yeager, the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century took this photograph of Bettie Page nude and blissfully posed on the railing of a Chris Craft boat during the year-long partnership which changed the course of both women’s careers. This gelatin silver print is 4 of an edition of 10, signed by […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Bunny Yeager captured this image of Bettie Page nude with two cheetahs at a historic 1954 photoshoot at the Florida safari-themed tourist attraction Africa U.S.A. The pairing of the queen of pin-up and the pre-eminent female pin-up photographer of the 20th century changed both women’s lives. The series of photos shot on location at […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Large, dramatically lit, and alluring, this gouache on illustration board painting by Howard Purcell was created as cover art in 1953 for the digest novel Wild Body by Manning Clay, which told “the intimate story of a modern Salome–who tried to shed the seventh veil.” The scene shows Valerie, a pretty albeit tired burlesque dancer between shows, […]
Artist: Howard Purcell
Gene Szafran created this psychedelic painting for the cover of Hermaphrodeity – An Autobiography Of A Poet, by Alan Friedman.
Artist: Gene Szafran
Earl MacPherson painting of a pin up girl playing with cat, created for 1953 Shaw Barton Calendar. Original artwork for sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
Artist: Earl MacPherson
Original illustration from 1971, used in a Psychology magazine of the era for a story concerning the future of education by airbrush artist Peter Lloyd.
Artist: Peter Lloyd
This large original arwork by James Montgomery Flagg, attests to the friendship between peers during the Golden Age of Illustration.
Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
