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Mambo To Murder

Artist:Samson Pollen
Date:1955
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 17" x 23 3/4" Framed 27 1/4" X 42"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Ace Double Novel - Mambo To Murder, 1955
Price: Sold
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The artwork as cover of Mambo To Murder (included in sale)
The artwork as cover of Mambo To Murder (included in sale)

This oil on board painting by Samson Pollen was created as cover art for the 1955 paperback Mambo To Murder, one half of the double sided Ace Double Novel D-109.  Private eye Joe Moran, who had his license revoked for extracting “two fisted justice” is shown in a bleak urban hotel room lit by an outside neon bar sign. In the foreground is a blonde street smart dancing girl, who taught Joe “the steps of a dance macabre” in the lurid pulp fiction novel by Ronal Kayser, writing under the pseudonym Dale Clark.

From the Bob and Diane Yaspan Collection, painting has been handsomely framed under glass in a presentation which includes the published paperback book title.

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Framed and matted presentation with paperback book displayed.
Framed and matted presentation with paperback book displayed.

Mambo To Murder

Artist: Samson Pollen
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Ace Books, Golden Age, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pulp, risque, Samson Pollen, sleaze
Added to Gallery: October 31, 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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