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Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover

Artist:John Hilkert
Date:1942
Medium:Oil On Canvasboard
Dimensions:Sight Size 15 3/4" x 20 3/4" Framed 25 1/4" by 29 1/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover art for 10 Story Detective Pulp (Canadian); January, 1943
Price: $6,500.00
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Canadian 10 Story Pulp - January, 1943 (Included in sale)
Canadian 10 Story Pulp – January, 1943 (Included in sale)

This original painting by John Hilkert, which appeared as the cover of the Canadian edition of 10-Story Detective Magazine in January 1943, provides an intriguing window into little known moment in pulp art history. During World War II, protectionist trade laws were passed in Canada to encourage citizens to buy more Canadian goods rather than those made in the USA. Pulp publishers who wanted to sell their magazines to a Canadian audience got around this law by hiring Canadian artists to create close interpretations of the American covers previously commissioned by the main office.  In this case, Hilkert used as his guide the July 1942 American issue of 10-Story Detective. Though at first glance the two images are so similar that they seem to be the same illustration, the two magazines actually had unique illustrations as their cover. This tense and dramatic rendering of a shootout in the tire factory is cleverly signed by the artist in the large tire that seems to have gotten the better of the central bad guy. Painting is handsomely silk matted and framed under glass in a period what would appear to be Newcomb-Macklin gold frame.

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10 Story Detective - July, 1942 (included in sale)
10 Story Detective – July, 1942 (included in sale)
Framed and matted view
Framed and matted view
Frame corner profile detail
Frame corner profile detail

Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover

Artist: John Hilkert
Price:  $6,500.00

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, Golden Age, John Hilkert, magazine cover, Norman Saunders, original cover art, original illustration art, pulp, Ten Story Detective Magazine
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

 

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