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With irreverent humor, this original oil-on-board painting shows a horned satyr smoking a pipe distracted from his reading by a nude figure in the foreground.  Dating to 1929-1930, when Ovid’s Ars amatoria was in the news quite a bit, with the city of San Francisco’s ban of the Ars amatoria in 1929 and its legalization for […]

The Book of Ovid

Artist: Gaspano "Gus" Ricca
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, allegorical, fantasy, Gaspana "Gus" Ricca, glamour, Golden Age, illustration, jazz age, New York, nude, original cover art, original illustration art, pin up, risque, satyr
Added to Gallery: February 27, 2018

An inspired and inventive take on the biblical epic of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Blaine was a unique talent, and counter culture avant-garde artist who worked outside of the confines of the mainstream. A life-long bohemian, his work became increasingly sexual and marginalized from the norm of illustration art, and as time went on he counted the magician Dunninger among his closest friends, and most important patrons. His eerie and erotic style bore witness to his fascination with dark arts.

Garden of Eden

Artist: Mahlon Blaine
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Adam & Eve, allegorical, avant-garde, Eden, grotesque, Mahlon Blaine, Marion Davies, nude, satyr
Added to Gallery: June 15, 2010

A dark and deeply erotic Salmagundi Club Exhibited large oil on canvas by R.K. Ryland titled “Woodland Melodies.” Ryland was a celebrated New York based illustrator and fine artist who worked extensively creating modernist murals and posters for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. A work by Ryland illustrating that fair is on permanent display at the Wolfsonian Museum of Modernism in Miami. A large, defining example of the woodland nymph imagery that captivated 1920’s artists and illustrators.

Woodland Melodies

Artist: Robert Ryland
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, erotic, fine art, new york city, nude, Robert Ryland, satyr, seduction, The Golden Gallery, woodland nymph, World's Fair
Added to Gallery: March 24, 2008

This set of two pendant oil paintings is unusual within Wenzell’s oervre, both for its classical mythological subject and explicit eroticism. These two paintings were clearly conceived as a matched set; they present a “before” and “after” narrative. The first panel was published as a vignette in the March 26th, 1910 issue of Collier’s magazine but we don’t believe that the second work was created for publication. This pair was displayed in the Wenzell’s 1967 Maxwell Gallery (San Francisco) exhibition, “The Age of Elegance.” An illustrated program is included with sale.

Bacchus and Nude Nymph

Artist: Albert Wenzell
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Albert Wenzell, allegorical, american, art nouveau, bacchanalia, belle epoque, Collier's, nude, nymph, original interior illustration, satyr, seduction
Added to Gallery: March 24, 2008

We are delighted to offer an extraordinary, large, masterfully executed and cleverly conceived oil on stretched canvas by Charles Bosseron Chambers. This is a dark take on the nude forest nymph theme which captivated the likes of Arthur Spear, Maxfield Parrish and Robert Atkinson Fox. In this work the nude nymph is visted by elfin eared musical satyrs which represent, to the deeply religious Chambers, the underworld of sensuality. This allegorical work is haunting and evocotive, the nude is rendered with great care and a mastery of the female form which is second to none. This is among the finest works we have offered; the painterly technique and technical expertise of C. Bosseron Chambers is masterfully harnessed in this work. Framed in a museum quality art deco aesthetic gallery frame. A haunting epic work that examines the allure of temptation and the temptation of allure.

Nude Forest Nymph Visited By Satyrs

Artist: Charles Bosseron Chambers
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, 1920s, allegorical, american, charles bosseron chambers, fantasy, nude, nymph, religious, satyr, seduction, The Golden Gallery, woodland nymph
Added to Gallery: September 21, 2007

A delightful if somewhat macabre and seemingly allegorical take on an interior nude Harem Scene. Eerily rendered grotesques, satyrs, nymphs, and a female nude in the forefront — ravished by age — cavort in a whimsical Middle Eastern aesthetic interior. Painting is unsigned but guaranteed to be an original work by this well-listed and exhibited artist. A fresh estate auction buy, where a large collection of Brown original paintings were sold over a several month period straight from the artist’s descendents’ estate. Beautifully framed in a period, ornate gesso wood frame as seen and mounted on original suede as presented by artist and found.

Art Deco Nude Harem Scene

Artist: Bob Brown
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, allegorical, american, art deco, Bob Brown, bohemian, harem, Minnesota Artist, nude, nymph, satyr
Added to Gallery: February 28, 2005

An early art deco era masterpiece and one of only several oils ever painted by Arthur Spear in this large size. A playful nude nymph and allegorical satyr cavort near a river’s edge, titled in pencil on verso The Unveiling. Retains original carved wood gesso frame that appears to be a Carrig Rohane or similar quality. A masterpiece and a very rare surviving example of Spear’s mastery and Maxfield Parrish-like imagery and painterly technique.

The Unveiling

Artist: Arthur Prince Spear
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, allegorical, american, art deco, Arthur Prince Spear, fantasy, nude, nymph, satyr
Added to Gallery: November 19, 2003

 

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    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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