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A moody and stirring work by Alton S. Tobey lamenting the loss of souls on February 3rd 1943 in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Work commemorates the lives of four World War II chaplains who made the ultimate sacrifice to save others as their stricken ship went down after coming under attack from German torpedo fire.

The Four Chaplains

Artist: Alton Tobey
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Alton Tobey, american, christian, navy, religious, ship, WWII
Added to Gallery: February 24, 2017

A large original watercolor illustration by the prolific important American illustrator C. C. Beall. A dramatic scene of unknown usage of a fight on deck a sailing ship on the high seas.

Battle on the High Seas

Artist: C. C. Beall
Price: $1,950.00  $1,365.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1940s, american, C. C. Beall, Collier's, navy, original illustration art, ship, WWII
Added to Gallery: July 29, 2013

This period 1930s signed oil on stretched canvas painting was created by the New York state fine artist and illustrator Robert T. Riley. With a social realist / WPA styled grittiness, Riley captures the hardscrapple life of deck hands hard at work, while eluding to the anxieties of the Great Depression. The stylized rigging suggests the mechanization of the Industrial revolution, and the sailors pulling up the sails find their muscles strained to the point of breaking in an homage to John Henry.

The Deck Hands

Artist: Robert Riley
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: aquatic, Robert Riley, sailor, ship, WPA
Added to Gallery: July 2, 2012

A large well preserved pencil signed copper plate etching by Stephen Parrish, the celebrated artist, etcher and father of beloved American Illustrator Maxfield Parrish. Featuring a New England harbor view with a lone fisherman standing on the pier. The presence of the figure is unusual for etchings by Parrish, whose harbor landscapes rarely featured images of people. This was framed in the 1920s and retains the original unopened backing paper and a verso label from “E & A Art Shop.” The etching is signed in pencil lower right in the margin and is in an fine state of preservation. A rich impression on Japan paper in excellent condition.

A Harbor Scene With Figure

Artist: Stephen Parrish
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1880s, 1890s, american, cruise ship, etching, harbor, landscape, ship, Stephen Parrish
Added to Gallery: November 21, 2009

 

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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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