Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Promising a gritty look at life for the growing number of Americans who were moving to mobile homes throughout the 1950s, the 1960 Beacon Books title Trailer Camp Woman by Doug Duperrault is a prime example of the kind of fine line between truth and tittilation sleaze that pulp paperback publishers monetized in during the post-war era. […]
Artist: American Artist
Price: SOLD
Gene Szafran created this psychedelic painting for the cover of Hermaphrodeity - An Autobiography Of A Poet, by Alan Friedman.
Artist: Gene Szafran
Price: Sold
Early pin-up pastel illustration by Earl Moran, created for Brown & Bigelow and used in a 1930s Richlube Motor Oil advertising calendar.
Artist: Earl Moran
Price: $15,000.00
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.
Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price: $4,500.00
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
Price: $4,500.00
This large original arwork by James Montgomery Flagg, attests to the friendship between peers during the Golden Age of Illustration.
Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
Price: $35,000.00
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 […]
Artist: Isabel Dawson
Price: SOLD
This fresh to the market lively cover painting by Earle K. Bergey appeared as the cover of the winter 1948 issue of the Better Publications title Cartoon Humor. A breezy co-ed pin-up girl in a form fitting red sweater enjoys a snowy sled ride frolic, sending a good natured but clearly over the hill dandy into the powder. He […]
Artist: Earle K. Bergey
Price: $7,500.00
This fabulous original large format pin-up painting by Harry Ekman appeared as a Shaw Barton calendar in 1962, with the title "I Don't Go Too Far In Any Direction!" Our patriotically dressed curvy co-ed appears to be indulging in that summer's latest dance craze, swiveling her hips to the year's biggest musical hits which included "The […]
Artist: Harry Ekman
Price: Sold
"I came like water and like wind I go," reads the verse which inspired this wonderful signed gouache illustration by Willy Pogany, one of our favorite Golden age artists. The image shows a nude maiden on a serene ledge in contemplation of the leaves blowing in the breeze. This appearedas an illustration for the 1942 […]
Artist: Willy Pogany
Price: SOLD
