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The Sheriff’s Sweetheart

Artist:Sam Cherry
Date:1943
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:21" x 30"
Condition:Excellent Restored and Re-Stretched Condition
Original Use:Cover for Thrilling Ranch Stories - June, 1943
Price: Sold
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The artist's signature lower left
The artist’s signature, lower left
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Sam Cherry created this romance-themed Western  pulp painting for use as the June, 1943 cover of Thrilling Ranch Stories – Romantic Stories of The West. The image shows a pretty blonde sweetheart of the rodeo embracing a Wild West town sheriff, who grins as he contemplates his great luck. Not only did he seemingly get the girl, a bullet aimed at him narrowly missed its mark, hurting only his Stetson.  For a hot minute in the pulp world, Western/Romance titles proliferated, filled with stories of love and in the lawless and reckless frontier. These hybrid titles included Ranch Romances, Western Rodeo Romances, Rangeland Love, Frontier Romances, Romances of The West and this Thrilling Publications title Thrilling Ranch Stories.

Grapefruit Moon Gallery recently purchased seven 1940s pulp cover paintings from an east coast collection belonging to a former employee of the publisher. Painting has been stretched on new pine back stretcher bars; its displays handsomely.

Verso notations for publication usage Thrilling Ranch Stories - June, 1943
Verso notations for publication usage Thrilling Ranch Stories – June, 1943
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Verso view

The Sheriff’s Sweetheart

Artist: Sam Cherry
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, glamour, Golden Age, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, pulp, Sam Cherry, Thrilling Publications
Added to Gallery: August 2, 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.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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