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The Fast Buck

Artist:Harry Barton
Date:1953
Medium:Tempera on board
Dimensions:11 1/4" by 19" Framed 24 1/2" by 33 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Ace Double Novel D-29 The Fast Buck
Price: Sold
Full view of cover painting
Full view of cover painting

 

signature appears twice in the lower left corner
Signature appears twice in the lower left corner

 

The artwork as it appears on the cover of The Fast Buck
The artwork as it appears on the cover of The Fast Buck

In a classic, provocative, and lurid confrontation, Harry Barton shows a fiery redheaded femme-fatale struggling with Joe Chicago, the square-jawed, prizefighting hero of Ross Laurence's 1953 mobster crime novel The Fast Buck. First published as a part of the Ace Double Novels series, this is a classic example of danger and drama, with provocative undertones, from the down and dirty world of post-war sleaze paperback publishing. Beautifully framed and silk matted behind glass and ready to hang.

Framed view
Framed view

The Fast Buck was republished in 1955 by Phantom Books for an overseas audience, with a slightly different photo-mechanically altered cover as seen below. The reissue likely accounts for the double signature visible on the left hand side of the artwork. A copy of both published appearances of the art is included with sale.
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Framed corner profile
Framed corner profile
Verso view before framing
Verso view before framing
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The Fast Buck

Artist: Harry Barton
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Ace Books, Harry Barton, paperback, pulp, redhead, sleaze
Added to Gallery: December 14, 2014

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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