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Original 1943 painting by Tom Lovell for Cosmopolitan magazine, for sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

The Occupation Of Paris

Artist: Tom Lovell

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Golden Age, nazi, original illustration art, paris, The Golden Gallery, Tom Lovell, WWII
Added to Gallery: November 30, 2018

An under-dressed, red-headed, blue-eyed breezy co-ed sweater girl with legs for miles catches up on some reading at the library in this original calendar pin-up painting by Edward D’Ancona. Published in 1954 as a hanging pin-up calendar (Clarion Intaglio Hanger – No. 11306), this appeared with the clever double entendre title Well Red. The painting is in a […]

Well Red

Artist: Edward D'Ancona

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, glamour, Golden Age, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

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

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, 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

Gene Szafran created this psychedelic painting for the cover of Hermaphrodeity – An Autobiography Of A Poet, by Alan Friedman.

Hermaphrodeity

Artist: Gene Szafran

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Gene Szafran, Hermaphrodite, lurid, nude, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, 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

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

Alexander Sharpe Ross original artwork, a Redbook Magazine illustration for an installment in their serialized publication of Blackboard Jungle.

Blackboard Jungle

Artist: Alex Ross

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1950s, Alex Ross, Blackboard Jungle, Golden Age, lurid, original illustration art, original interior illustration, Redbook Magazine
Added to Gallery: November 1, 2018

A 1908 Dingbat original watercolor by Canadian illustrator Dudley Ward. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

A Dingbat Race

Artist: Dudley Ward

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: British, Calendar, Dingbat, Dudley Ward, Golden Age, illustration, original illustration art, Pharmacy
Added to Gallery: November 1, 2018

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.

Kittenish Type

Artist: Earl MacPherson

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Earl MacPherson, erotic, glamour, nude, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, Shaw-Barton Calendar Company
Added to Gallery: September 23, 2018

This large, oil on canvas painting by artist and illustrator Harold von Schmidt presents a dark and intense autumnal scene of an woman staring down at a burning pile of wood that smokes and smolders under a seaside pier.

Tugboat Annie

Artist: Harold von Schmidt

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1950s, Golden Age, Harold von Schmidt, original illustration art
Added to Gallery: August 28, 2018

Liberty magazine commissioned this painting by Harold Von Schmidt for an excerpt from The Red Napoleon, a 1929 “future history” novel by Floyd Gibbons.

The Red Napoleon

Artist: Harold von Schmidt

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, Golden Age, Harold von Schmidt, Liberty, original illustration art, original interior illustration, Russia, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: August 25, 2018

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