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Amazing Stories Cover

Artist:Alex Schomburg
Date:1961
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 13" X 17 1/2" Framed 19 3/4" X 24"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Amazing Stories - February, 1961
Price: Sold
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The artist's signature lower left
The artist’s signature lower left
The artwork as it appeared on the February, 1961 cover of Amazing Stories (included in sale) .
The artwork as it appeared on the February, 1961 cover of Amazing Stories (included in sale) .

This remarkable gouache pulp cover painting by Alex Schomburg appeared on the February, 1961 issue of the long running Ziff-Davis magazine Amazing Stories – Fact And Science Fiction. Though the work seems like pure fantasy at first glance, it is based on the real-life practice of both the American and Soviet space programs of sending mice, dogs, chimpanzees and animals into space to test the effects of space travel on living beings prior to the first manned flights out of Earth’s orbit. This scene in particular is a humorous imagining of what might happen should one of these chimpanzees crash land on the moon.  The improbable scene is described in an editorial on page 5 of the published magazine; we included a scan of that text below.

Title page explanation of cover painting
Title page explanation of cover painting

The comic book legend Stan Lee said that “Alex Schomburg was to comic art what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post.” The artist today is perhaps most celebrated by comic book fans for his action-packed superhero and airbrushed “good girl” covers done during the Golden Age. In addition to his comic book art, Schomburg is also remembered for his stellar science fiction scenes, done for pulps, digests, magazines, and children’s books.

Detail
Detail

Work is handsomely framed under UV glass and a high grade edition of the published pulp magazine is included in the sale.

Framed and matted view under UV glass
Framed and matted view under UV glass

Amazing Stories Cover

Artist: Alex Schomburg
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Alex Schomburg, magazine cover, Monkey, original cover art, pulp, sci-fi, science fiction, space exploration, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: June 16, 2016

 

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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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