This dramatic, futuristic sci-fi interior pulp illustration was created by Harold McCauley for an as-of-yet unidentified Ziff-Davis title. The image shows a nervous gentleman approaching a modernist machine-age baby factory – an ominous mid-century sperm bank it appears – as a smoking figure with classic new father anxiety gazes up at the image of a sparkling infant which lights up the sky over the factory grounds. Really well articulated and conceived, in a classic over-the-top pulp fiction aesthetic that recalls the work of McCauley’s contemporary Virgil Finlay. Illustration has been professionally matted and framed under glass and remains in a fine state of original conservation.
The Baby Factory
Artist: | Harold McCauley | |
Date: | 1940s | |
Medium: | Mixed media on illustration board | |
Dimensions: | Sight Size 13" X 17" Framed 24" X 29 1/2" | |
Condition: | Excellent | |
Original Use: | Interior illustration of unknown usage |
The Baby Factory
Artist: Harold McCauley