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Romantic Western

    This rare surviving original oil on canvas by H.J. Ward was created for the September, 1938 edition of Romantic Western. Only in the upside down, just plain evil world of the pulps would such a lurid and unchivalrous ultra-violent depiction exist on the same playing field with the word romantic. Painted with enough action to capture […]

Devil’s Punchbowl

Artist: H.J. Ward
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, art deco, cowboy, cowgirl, Golden Age, H. J. Ward, lurid, original cover art, pulp, Romantic Western, The Golden Gallery, western
Added to Gallery: June 11, 2015

A direct and gritty, highly sexualized unsigned gouache on illustration board painting from a collection of works we recently acquired that are believed to come from the early years of Saga Magazine. Saga was a lurid Men’s title that thrived in the post war pulp low brow magazine market of the early 1950’s. This is a typical sweat magazine take on the old folklore tale of the farmer’s daughter. When we purchased this collection one of the old frames had a label on the back that read “attributed to Valigursky – For Saga Magazine 40’s – 50s.”

The Farmer’s Daughter

Artist: Ed Valigursky (attributed)
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Ed Valigursky, erotic, gritty, illustration, lurid, original interior illustration, pin up, pulp, Romantic Western, Saga Magazine, the sweats
Added to Gallery: February 14, 2013

 

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    About Grapefruit Moon Gallery

    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.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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