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21st Century Girl Walking Pet

Artist:Harold McCauley
Date:1954
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:Sight size 22" x 30" Framed 25 3/4" x 33 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover For Imagination - Stories of Science and Fantasy - December, 1954
Price: Sold
Full view of oil on canvas cover painting
Full view of oil on canvas cover painting
The illustration as the cover of Imagination November, 1954 (included in sale)
The illustration as the cover of Imagination November, 1954 (included in sale)

A just spectacular otherworldly sci-fi pulp illustration painting by Harold McCauley used as the cover for the December, 1954 edition of Imagination Stories of Science And Fantasy. Titled 21st Century Girl Walking Pet on the table of contents page in the included magazine, the artist used his wife Grace as the model, a source 8″ by 10″ original archived photo of her posed for this painting is included in the sale.

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Source photo of wife Grace posed for the illustration (included in sale)
Source photo of wife Grace posed for the illustration (included in sale)

The image shows a modernist sci-fi pin-up “Mac Girl” talking her pet alien out for a stroll, with breezy whimsical style. This rare surviving original pulp cover painting retains an exhibit label from an Orlando Florida Art Association show organized by Martin Defense Contractors where the artist worked in the 1960s and 70s. McCauley loved working for the Greenleaf Publishing Company, and was a frequent illustrator for Imagination-Stories of Science Fiction and their sister title, Imaginative Tales. The artist seemed to always tried to outdo himself with the high-spirited works he created for this publishing house, which he nicknamed “Madge”, we can see his immense commercial talent and artistic whimsy on display in this sparkling and clever cover rendering. Nicely framed in a handsome Larson-Juhl gallery frame and ready to hang.

Framed view in Larson-Juhl gallery frame
Framed view in Larson-Juhl gallery frame
Exhibit label from Orlando, Florida  - Martin Defense Contractors show
Exhibit label from Orlando, Florida – Martin Defense Contractors show

21st Century Girl Walking Pet

Artist: Harold McCauley
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: alien, Harold McCauley, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, pulp, risque, sci-fi, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: August 2, 2015

 

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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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