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Preliminary

This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren for a 1955 speciality advertising calendar for Brown & Bigelow’s exclusive “Miss Sylvania” line for Sylvania Electric. The Miss Sylvania account adapted The Great American Pin-Up to middle America’s buttoned up sensibilities. Each year one of the calendar company’s star artists would […]

Miss Sylvania 1955 Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Charcoal, drawing, Gil Elvgren, Miss Sylvania, pin up, Preliminary, Sketch
Added to Gallery: June 15, 2018

    This is a large preliminary charcoal drawing by Gil Elvgren that evokes two calendar works the artist completed for Brown & Bigelow; 1951’s Party Line and 1958’s A Good Connection. This is signed by Gil Elvgren lower right, above a note by the artist for the art director at Brown & Bigelow, Clair […]

A Good Connection – Preliminary Drawing

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Brown & Bigelow, Gil Elvgren, glamour, Golden Age, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, Preliminary
Added to Gallery: February 27, 2017

This is a large preliminary charcoal drawing by Gil Elvgren, a study for the Brown & Bigelow pin-up calendar painting published in 1956 with the title Fit To Be Tied. This comes from a collection of Elvgren preliminary graphite drawings that we acquired which were found in a house in Sarasota, Florida where the artist once […]

Fit To Be Tied – Preliminary Drawing

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Brown & Bigelow, Gil Elvgren, Golden Age, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, portrait, Preliminary, risque
Added to Gallery: February 27, 2017

      This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren for the completed Brown & Bigelow calendar artwork titled “Let’s Go Around Together.” This loose, fluid sketch shows a classic Elvgren pin-up flashing her shapely gams from her perch astride a carousel horse. Gil Elvgren took, on average, one […]

Let’s Go Around Together Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Charcoal, drawing, Gil Elvgren, pin up, Preliminary, Sketch
Added to Gallery: June 15, 2015

      This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren for the completed Brown & Bigelow calendar artwork titled “Modern Venus.” This loose, fluid sketch shows a classic Elvgren nude pin-up girl seated in a draped studio setting surrounded by flowers and holding draped fabrics and ribbons. Gil Elvgren […]

Modern Venus Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Charcoal, drawing, Gil Elvgren, nude, pin up, Preliminary, Sketch
Added to Gallery: June 15, 2015

      This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren that shows the behind-the-scenes process that the artist went through while coming up with and subsequently presenting ideas to Brown & Bigelow for potential calendar artwork. This includes Elvgren’s handwritten notations in the bottom right of the drawing to […]

Brown & Bigelow Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Charcoal, drawing, Gil Elvgren, pin up, Preliminary, Sketch
Added to Gallery: June 15, 2015

 

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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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