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A spectacular original oil painting on canvas-board of a pretty pin-up girl which was created by the Chicago-based female illustrator Pearl Frush for Grapette Soda,  a brand with which the artist was closely associated. The luminous, all-American allure of the model provokes comparison to the Coca-Cola advertising illustrations being created by Haddon Sundblom, a colleague and mentor of the […]

The Grapette Girl

Artist: Pearl Frush
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Grapette Soda, Pearl Frush, pin up, soda fountain, sundblom shop
Added to Gallery: February 25, 2018

A classic situational cheesecake pin up mishap unfolds in this original Louis F. Dow calendar painting by the Chicago area artist Charles Showalter titled “High & Dry.” The lovely nude is caught, high, and perhaps now dry after removing her clothes. Grapefruit Moon Gallery recently acquired this and several other Louis F. Dow published calendar […]

High and Dry

Artist: Charles Showalter
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, boat, Charles Showalter, cheesecake, chicago, Great American Pin-up, nude, original calendar art, pin up, sundblom shop, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: October 7, 2013

    A large classic Americana c. 1950 oil painting on canvas created for Atlantic Petroleum by Hayden Hayden. This was likely created as a billboard advertising design. In this all-American apple pie depiction, a clean cut high school football star has attracted the interest of a pretty co-ed after being “Fixed Up For The […]

Fixed Up For Fall

Artist: Hayden Hayden
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, advertising, american, Atlantic Petroleum, automobilia, autumn, football, Golden Age, Hayden Hayden, original illustration art, petroliana, sundblom shop
Added to Gallery: October 7, 2013

A spirited Christmas seasonal advertising painting from the 1940s in the style of Chicago artist Haddon Sundblom. This commercial advertising illustration was created for an as of yet unidentified ad campaign in the Sundblom Shop/Chicago Studios aesthetic. It is our belief that this was painted by Sundblom himself.

The Holiday Season

Artist: Haddon Sundblom (attributed)
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, advertising, american, chicago, christmas, Haddon Sundblom, holiday, sundblom shop, winter
Added to Gallery: September 1, 2008

 

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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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