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Victor Olson

This oil on illustration board Pyramid Books paperback cover painting was created by by Victor Olson for a 1953 edition of Houseboy by Edison Marshall written under the nom de plum Walton Fairbank (ostensibly because of the controversial topic of interracial relationships explored in the title).The story was originally written as a Jim Crow title in the late […]

Houseboy

Artist: Victor Olson

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Golden Age, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, original interior illustration, paperback, pulp, Pyramid Books, risque, Victor Olson
Added to Gallery: November 18, 2016

 

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