Grapefruit Moon Gallery

Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

Saga Magazine

From the post-war men’s magazine market of the early 1950s comes this striking and mesmerizing original gouache on board. Though unsigned, this is attributed to Edward Valigursky, and comes from a collection of works that were used as interior illustrations in early issues of the men’s magazine title Saga. This is a classic men’s magazine image, with pulp fiction working girl heroine who is clearly, as they say, bad news. This is a classic depiction of a noir, bad-girl, femme-fatale.

Bad News

Artist: Ed Valigursky (attributed)
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The climactic beach scene in the 1953 film From Here to Eternity is interpreted in this artwork for the men’s magazine market, and given a lurid slant well suited for the sweats. This well rendered unsigned gouache on illustration board painting comes from a collection of published works from the early years of Saga Magazine, a lurid title that thrived in the post-war pulp men’s market of the early 1950s. The work is attributed to Edward Valigursky who worked for Saga during the period.

From Here To Eternity

Artist: Ed Valigursky (attributed)
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In the rubble of a war-torn central square in what appears to be Cuba, a ravishing blonde in form fitting red sweater stands unscathed, and seemingly victorious. This unsigned gouache painting comes from a collection of works we recently acquired that date to 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 1950s. On the back of one of the pieces within the collection was a verso tag which read “attributed to Valigursky – For Saga Magazine 40’s – 50s.”

Shootout At The Cantina

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

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

 

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