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| The Gods of Voodoo |
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| Artist: | H.W. McCauley |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvasboard |
| Dimensions: | Sight Size 18" by 24" Framed 28 1/2" by 35 1/2" |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Original Use: | Cover for Fate Magazine, August 1953 |
| Price: | $11,500.00
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| Above: Full view of oil painting |
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| Above: Fate True Stories of the Strange and Unknown, August 1953 (included in sale) |
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| Above: Framed and matted behind glass in handsome wide profile antique art deco aesthetic frame |
The original cover painting by H.W. McCauley used for the August 1953 cover of "Fate, True Stories of the Strange and Unknown", illustrating "The Gods of Voodoo" by North Hildabrand. In this offering a dancing pin-up girl levitates oblivious to the black magic and darkness that lurks in the background where a goat is about to get sacrificed in a voodoo ritualistic fire blazing act, creating the collision of beauty and darkness which is in essence what makes the pulp cover paintings by H.J. Ward, H.W. McCauley, Virgil Finlay and other American illustrators fascinating and so desirable today.
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| Above: Detail |
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| Above: Verso View before framing |
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| Above: Frame profile detail |
Like many other McCauley paintings of this era this work is usigned, it is guaranteed to be by Harold H.W. McCauley and the commissioned painting for the August 1953 of "Fate". This oil on canvas board painting is handsomely framed in a period art deco frame and silk matted behind glass.
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