Detail of gouache on illustration board
The artist's signature and illustration board margins lower right
The painting as it appears on the cover of Popular Mechanics Magazine, August, 1951
An eerie underwater view of two Navy Frogman divers, this gouache cover painting by Ed Lafferty appeared on the cover of the August, 1951 edition of Popular Mechanics. The scene illustrates an interior story that showcases the groundbreaking movie set design work of Louis Witte, Hollywood's "ace authority on celluloid warfare."
Framed and matted behind glass in period gold wood frame.
Title page information text about the cover painting
Verso view of illustration board before framing
Frame profile corner detail
Handsomely matted and framed behind glass and ready to hang, a complete copy of the published magazine accompanies the painting.
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