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Master Detective Pulp Cover Art

Artist:Mel Phillips
Date:1953
Medium:Oil on stretched canvas
Dimensions:Framed: 21" x 25" | Sight Size: 16" x 20"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover art for Master Detective magazine
Price: $3,500.00
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Two squared jaw toughs slug it out as a pretty red haired, green eyed damsel in distress looks on in this classic action-packed pulp cover painting. This work is unsigned but was created by pulp illustrator Melville A. (Mel) Phillips for the cover of the October, 1953 issue of Master Detective magazine (Vol. 47, No. 1). The bold use of color and intense depiction of suspense and peril make this a classic pulp offering. The painting is nicely framed in a wide profile gold frame and is in a fine state of conservation. A copy of the magazine is included in the sale.

The artwork as it appeared on the cover of Master Detective magazine, October 1953
Master Detective magazine (included in sale)
Table of contents page from the October 1953 issue of Master Detective magazine crediting the cover artist
Table of contents page crediting the cover artist
Framed view in wide profile period gold wood frame
Verso view of untouched canvas

Master Detective Pulp Cover Art

Artist: Mel Phillips
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, Golden Age, lurid, magazine cover, original cover art, pulp, risque
Added to Gallery: June 7, 2017

 

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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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