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A haunting and epic large scale finely detailed and tonally impacting oil on canvas painting by Charles E. Chambers. An Orientalist Black Market alter scene that utilizes ochre and umber tones in a dark and menacing suspense filled manner. This was an interior illustration for “Sons” the second book in the Good Earth trilogy by Pulitzer Prize winning author Pearl S. Buck. This eerie and emotionally powerful image illustrates a pivotal scene in which the Wang family, having lost their fortune through opium promiscuity, is forced to sell their village estate and its contents, in a black market auction of sorts.

Before the Altar

Artist: Charles Edward Chambers
Price:  $8,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, arts & crafts, black magic, Charles Edward Chambers, exoticism, orientalist, original interior illustration, Pearl S. Buck, suspenseful
Added to Gallery: November 17, 2017

A dark, masterfully suspenseful, photo-realist in technique painting by noted American illustrator and avant-garde filmmaker Douglass Crockwell. This menacing oil on board was likely used as an interior illustration in an American slick magazine such as The Saturday Evening Post, or Colliers. Crockwell was a gifted and precise artist, his advertising accounts included Coca-Cola, GE and US Steel.

The Captive

Artist: Douglass Crockwell
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Douglass Crockwell, original interior illustration, slick magazine, suspenseful
Added to Gallery: October 20, 2010

A rare original Norman Saunders cover painting created for a 1950s era pulp publication. Saunders created a similarly composed Black Mask pulp cover in 1950 with essentially the same scene. This is a defining example of the suspense and danger that are the trademarks of Saunders masterful noir cover paintings. The painting has been estate stamped by the artist’s daughter and work is nicely and professionally framed.

A Masquarading Jewel Thief

Artist: Norman Saunders
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, mask, masquarade, menace, noir, Norman Saunders, pulp, suspenseful
Added to Gallery: April 8, 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.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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