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Early pin-up pastel illustration by Earl Moran, created for Brown & Bigelow and used in a 1930s Richlube Motor Oil advertising calendar.

Smooth

Artist: Earl Moran

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, advertising, art deco, automobilia, Calendar, Earl Moran, flapper, Golden Age, petroliana, pin up, Richlube Oil, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: November 4, 2018

Early Rolf Armstrong artwork, created as 1919 sheet music cover. Provenance includes the collection of Kenneth Anger, author of Hollywood Babylon.

Tell Me Why

Artist: Rolf Armstrong

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art deco, flapper, illustration, jazz age, Joan Reader, pin up, portrait, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: October 24, 2018

Grapefruit Moon Gallery is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the extensive, detailed, and comprehensive estate of photographer and pin-up model 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 […]

The Estate of Bunny Yeager

Filed Under: Gallery Blog
Tagged With: Bettie Page, Bunny Yeager, cheesecake, Glamour Photography, Miami, pin up
Added to Gallery: October 13, 2018

Dazzling original pin up by Billy Devorss from the art deco era, for sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

Personality Plus

Artist: Billy Devorss

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, art deco, Billy DeVorss, Calendar, flapper, glamour, Golden Age, illustration, jazz age, original calendar art, pin up, portrait
Added to Gallery: September 30, 2018

For sale is an original 1938 art deco pastel glamour girl pin up pastel by Jules Erbit titled Judy, created for the Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company.

Judy

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Calendar, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, glamour, good girl art, Jules Erbit, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 24, 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

Original pin up pastel from 1941 by Jules Erbit titled Yours Truly, for the Gerlach-Barklow company, Joliet, Illinois. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.

Yours Truly

Artist: Jules Erbit

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, art deco, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, glamour, good girl art, illustration, Jules Erbit, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: September 20, 2018

This large original arwork by James Montgomery Flagg, attests to the friendship between peers during the Golden Age of Illustration.

Ham Fisher And Three Nudes

Artist: James Montgomery Flagg

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Charles Martignette, erotic, fine art, Golden Age, Ham Fisher, James Montgomery Flagg, Joe Palooka, lurid, nude, pin up, pirate, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: September 6, 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

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, 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

A subversive and suggestive gouache painting by Isabel Dawson which appeared as the cover of the Stallion Books paperback Trailer Camp Girl, a 1953 offering written by Doug Duperault. The text slugs reads : “They Called Her A Trailer Tramp – A Story of The Carefree Women Who Live – And Love – In Trailer Camps…” Painting has […]

Trailer-Camp Girl

Artist: Isabel Dawson

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, erotic, Golden Age, Isabel Dawson, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pin up, pulp, risque, sleaze
Added to Gallery: August 14, 2018

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