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| Above: Full view |
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| Above: Framed and matted behind glass in handsome gallery frame |
A direct and gritty, highly sexualized unsigned gouache on illustration board painting from a collection of works we recently acquired that are believed to come from the early years of Saga Magazine. Saga was a lurid men's title that thrived in the post-war pulp low brow magazine market of the early 1950s. This is a typical sweat magazine take on the old folklore tale of the farmer's daughter, and is lurid and intriguing as such.
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| Above: Detail |
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| Above: Full view of illustration on board before framing |
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| Above: Verso view of illustration board |
We have not been able to locate the exact usage or date of publication for this illustration, but one of the pieces from this collection had a label on the back of the original frame that read "Attributed to Valigursky - For Saga Magazine 40's -50s."
