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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

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A rare surviving cover painting by JW Scott, created for a yet unidentified Western pulp publication. A gritty old west scene of a group of cowboys reloading and preparing to fire above a rugged desert pass. The artist created this utilizing an impasto technique that brings a tension and urgent intensity to the Americana Western genre classic. Illustration Magazine recently devoted a large portion of issue #14 on the life and works of John Walter Scott, who worked during the 1930s creating numerous and stylistically diverse pulp covers, the verso canvas notes this was a cover for a “Sept 8 Western,” possibly referring to the “Complete Western Book” or “Wild Western Novels” both of which commissioned covers by Scott.

The Calico Kid

Artist: J. W. Scott
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, Golden Age, J. W. Scott, magazine cover, original cover art, pulp, western, western americana
Added to Gallery: February 9, 2011

A colorful Western stylized 4th of July parade scene by the American Illustrator Edward V. Brewer, best known for his Cream of Wheat Advertising works. The large, vibrant, oil-on-board painting features a bright color palette and inspired Main Street scene and was used as a travel poster by the Northern Pacific Railroad to promote travel to America’s rugged and daunting Rocky Mountains. From the Charles Martignette estate, the recently deceased author of “The Great American Pin-up”.

Rodeo Parade

Artist: Edward Brewer
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, advertising, american, Charles Martignette, Edward Brewer, Minnesota Artist, native american, poster design, railroadiana, rodeo, western, western americana
Added to Gallery: September 7, 2009

A fun sassy cowgirl is featured in this original oil on canvas by Gil Elvgren. This work was created for a 1953 Brown & Bigelow commissioned calendar titled Beat That. This rare surviving Western Americana/pin-up cross collectible image is fresh, bright, and a defining work by the well listed master illustrator. Verso retains original Brown & Bigelow label and this is in untouched original condition as seen. Grapefruit Moon Gallery sold this work previously (in June of 2007) and are delighted to be able to offer it again on consignment for a collector who is making wall space for new acquisitions.

Beat That

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Brown & Bigelow, cowgirl, Gil Elvgren, original calendar art, pin up, The Golden Gallery, western, western americana
Added to Gallery: January 18, 2009

A wonderful original oil on canvas used as a poster design for the 1937 Warner Bros. Western film starring Dick Foran titled Prairie Thunder. Illustrated in this work are Albert J. Smith, Janet Shaw and Jim Corey. Ratterman was a gifted illustrator whose work appeared in many of the major “slick magazines” as advertisements and/or covers.

Prairie Thunder

Artist: W. G. Ratterman
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, hollywood, illustration, poster design, Prairie Thunder, W. G. Ratterman, western, western americana
Added to Gallery: October 29, 2008

A lurid and gruesome large en grisaille style original oil on illustration board by noted 20th century artist and Illustrator Basil Gogos. An interior or perhaps cover illustration for a 1960s post-war pulp mens magazine published by Balcourt. This copy selling gruesome frontier style work pushes the envelope showing whisky bottle anesthetic self amputation by lantern light. Basil Gogos is currently featured in a long and detailed retrospective in Illustration Magazine. Nicely matted and framed and ready to hang.

Frontiersman Styled Surgery

Artist: Basil Gogos
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, american, Basil Gogos, illustration, lurid, original interior illustration, pulp, western, western americana
Added to Gallery: December 8, 2006

A signed and dated ’40 by B.W. Rockey cover for Lariat Story a western themed long running pulp publication. Rockey is an illustration artist who did several classic pulp covers of Western, Gangster and Detective themes. Works from his estate surfaced in Kansas City in 1996. The Medium is oil on canvas mounted on board with printer’s notations on the reverse. Work is beautifully framed and in excellent condition.

Lariat Stories Western Pulp Cover

Artist: B. W. Rockey
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, B. W. Rockey, pulp, western, western americana
Added to Gallery: February 24, 2006

An original commissioned oil on canvas for Brown and Bigelow for use as a reproduced calendar pin-up illustration by Paul Cernia. A fun western-themed cowgirl image in the Gil Elvgren manner of campy, sexy, shapely, pin-up frivolity. Nicely framed and in excellent untouched original condition.

Brown & Bigelow Pin Up Cowgirl Painting

Artist: Paul Cernia
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Brown & Bigelow, cowgirl, original calendar art, Paul Cernia, pin up, risque, western, western americana
Added to Gallery: June 25, 2005

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