Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Large, dramatically lit, and alluring, this gouache on illustration board painting by Howard Purcell was created as cover art in 1953 for the digest novel Wild Body by Manning Clay, which told “the intimate story of a modern Salome–who tried to shed the seventh veil.” The scene shows Valerie, a pretty albeit tired burlesque dancer between shows, […]
Artist: Howard Purcell
Price: Sold
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 […]
Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price: SOLD
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
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: Sold
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: Sold
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
