• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Key Artists
    • Rolf Armstrong
    • Mahlon Blaine
    • Henry Clive
    • Gil Elvgren
    • Cardwell Higgins
    • Earl Moran
    • Charles Gates Sheldon
    • Arthur Prince Spear
    • Bunny Yeager
  • About
  • Browse by Topic
  • Contact

Grapefruit Moon Gallery

Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

  • Gallery Blog
  • Golden Gallery
  • Fine & Decorative
  • Illustration & Advertising
  • Paperback & Pulp
  • Pin-Up & Glamour
Paperback & Pulp Art

The Squeeze

Artist:Harry Barton
Date:1955
Medium:Tempera on board
Dimensions:Sight size 14" by 20" Framed 28 1/2" by 34 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Ace Double Novel D-123 The Squeeze
Full view of tempera cover painting
Full view of tempera cover painting

 

The artist's  signature lower right
The artist’s signature lower right

This underworld, barroom image shows a head-turning femme fatale with the sort of bad-girl good looks that spell bad luck, this pulp fiction paperback cover painting was deftly painted by Harry Barton in 1955 for the cover of the Ace Double Novel The Squeeze. As the tag line announces this unlucky redhead…”Played With Death To Get The Man She Wanted”. In pristine condition, handsomely silk matted and framed behind glass and ready to hang. A remarkable and defining tempera paperback cover painting, a complete edition of the published book is included in the sale.

As published as the cover of Ace Books paperback  "The Squeeze," included with sale.
As published as the cover of Ace Books paperback “The Squeeze,” included with sale.

Framed and silk matted in period gallery grame
Framed and silk matted in period gallery grame

Frame profile corner view
Frame profile corner view

Verso view with publication notations
Verso view with publication notations

The Squeeze

Artist: Harry Barton

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Ace Books, gambling, Harry Barton, lurid, original cover art, paperback, pulp, sleaze
Added to Gallery: December 15, 2014

 

Contact Grapefruit Moon Gallery



    Primary Sidebar

    Join our mailing list

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery Around the Web

    • Facebook
    • Instagram

    Copyright © 2025