Full view of cover painting
Signature appears twice in the lower left corner
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
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.
Framed corner profile
Verso view before framing
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