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Satire

This mixed media watercolor, pen & ink on artist’s paper shows a woman relaxing on a couch with a book in hand. Her reading has been interrupted by an individual who leans over close into her body, gesticulating wildly with his hands. This illustration appears as a full page bookplate on page 159 of Good […]

Education and Truth or Truth in Education – “Good as Gold” Interior Illustration

Artist: Steven Stroud
Price: $750.00  $525.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, Franklin Library, government, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, Satire, steven stroud
Added to Gallery: June 3, 2019

This pen & ink on artist’s paper shows a man in a t-shirt and running shorts jogging around an indoor second-level running track. He appears strained and breathless – clearly not enjoying the exertion. This illustration appears as a full page bookplate on page 67 of Good as Gold by Joseph Heller. It depicts a […]

Every Change Is for the Worse – “Good as Gold” Interior Illustration

Artist: Steven Stroud
Price: $750.00  $525.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, Franklin Library, government, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, Satire, steven stroud
Added to Gallery: June 3, 2019

After watching the 1942 revival of Hedda Gabler, starring Katina Paxinou, Helen Morley, and Ralph Forbes, James Montgomery Flagg created this watercolor gag sketch, which gently roasts his friend Cecil Humphreys for his acting in the role of Judge Black.  The 1892 Henrik Ibsen play is a deeply psychological look at the life of a […]

Katina Paxinou as Hedda Gabler

Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Gag Cartoon, Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen, James Montgomery Flagg, Satire, satirical, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: May 14, 2019

James Montgomery Flagg’s watercolor sketches were an endless source of amusement and cheer to his friends and colleagues.  Here, the artist works to cheer up his friend Cecil Humpheys after the poor reviews of the 1942 revival of J.M. Barrie’s play A Kiss for Cinderella in which he starred alongside Louise Rainer. Flagg depicts laughably […]

Louise Rainer in A Kiss For Cinderella

Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
Price: $1,350.00  $945.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: Gag Cartoon, hollywood, James Montgomery Flagg, Louise Rainer, Satire, satirical, The Good Earth
Added to Gallery: May 14, 2019

For sale is an original 1977 advertising painting by G. R. Cheesbrough created as an advertisement for Venture Travel agency in Minneapolis MN.

The Airlines

Artist: G.R. Cheesebrough
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1970s, advertising, G.R. Cheesebrough, illustration, Satire, Venture Travel Company
Added to Gallery: January 16, 2019

For sale is an original 1977 advertising painting by G. R. Cheesbrough created as an advertisement for Venture Travel agency in Minneapolis MN.

The Tourists

Artist: G.R. Cheesebrough
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: advertising, G.R. Cheesebrough, mid-century, Minnesota Artist, Satire
Added to Gallery: January 16, 2019

 

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    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.

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