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      This is a fabulous example of Gil Elvgren’s pin-up work for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company of Saint Paul, MN. This was created and published in 1955 with the title of Welcome Traveler and is one of the finest Elvgren paintings this gallery has offered. A pretty redhead perched on a tweed […]

Welcome Traveler

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Brown & Bigelow, Gil Elvgren, original calendar art, pin up, redhead, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: March 23, 2021

An original painting by Fred Rodewald which appeared as the cover of the December, 1949 edition of the digest pulp fiction title Exotic Novel Magazine.

Buy My Love

Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, erotic, Fred Rodewald, glamour, Golden Age, lurid, original cover art, Peggy Gaddis, pin up, pulp, risque, sleaze
Added to Gallery: October 31, 2020

Modern Venus by Al Moore This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Al Moore. This was published with the titles “Modern Venus” and “Hold Tight” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN; part of their 1954 calendar line. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just […]

Modern Venus

Artist: Al Moore
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Al Moore, american, blonde, Calendar, erotic, Louis F. Dow, nude, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: July 20, 2020

Sleeping Beauty Pin-Up Girl by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. It was published with the title “Behind in Her Sleep” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, MN. Grapefruit Moon Gallery unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that […]

Behind On Her Sleep

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, blonde, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, glamour, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2020

Goodnight Sweetheart by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. This was originally published with the title “Goodnight Sweetheart” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up paintings that […]

Goodnight Sweetheart

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price: $8,500.00 $5,950.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, erotic, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, pin up, redhead, risque
Added to Gallery: July 14, 2020

An Edward Eggleston original artwork featuring a nude nymph at a lake, with Maxfield Parrish blues. Vintage illustration art for sale, make your best offer!

Enchantment

Artist: Edward Eggleston
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: american, American Art Works, art deco, Calendar, Edward Eggleston, erotic, fantasy, flapper, Golden Age, Maxfield Parrish, nude, nymph, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: February 1, 2020

This breezy pin-up calendar illustration by Fitz William Boynton depicts a sassy redheaded flapper girl with bobbed red hair enjoying a day at the beach with Scottie dog in tow. A vintage salesman sample of the calendar image is included in the sale – image was titled “Adorable”.  As long time pin-up collectors and dealers, […]

Adorable

Artist: Fitz Boynton
Price: $2,500.00 $1,750.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, bathing beauty, Calendar, erotic, Fitz William Boynton, flapper, glamour, Golden Age, jazz age, pastel, pin up, risque, scottie dog
Added to Gallery: May 7, 2019

      This is a fun, well-conceived, and luminous original pin-up calendar painting by Art Frahm that appeared in the 1947 Louis F. Dow Calendar Company line under the title Cute Trick. In this oil on canvas painting, a startled, pretty young blonde is catching up on some late night reading when she is […]

Cute Trick

Artist: Art Frahm
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Art Frahm, Calendar, Charles Martignette, cheesecake, glamour, Golden Age, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: April 1, 2019

Antique, Art Deco-era, flapper girl store display statuette mannequin from the 1920s styled after the work of Maurice Milliere.

Re-Duce-Oids Advertising Statuette Mannequin

Artist: After Maurice Milliere
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, advertising, art deco, doll, erotic, Fanny, flapper, Maurice Milliere, Quackery, risque
Added to Gallery: March 26, 2019

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
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: 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

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