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Murder On Broadway

Artist:Victor Kalin
Date:1958
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 12 1/2" X 18" Framed 18 1/2" X 24 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for the Dell Paperback - Murder On Broadway
Price: SOLD
Framed view with paperback(included in sale)
The artist’s signature lower right
The artwork as it appeared as the published cover

 

A captivating, lustful, original cover painting by Victor Kalin created for use as cover art for the 1959 Dell paperback edition of the Scott Jordan mystery Murder on Broadway by Hal Masur. The work was titled The Last Gamble in its hardback incarnation, but the paperback title captures the lurid allure of the mystery of Vickie Crane, the femme fatale pictured in Kalin’s illustration, who was “the producer’s girl friday,” and maybe more.

This is everything we love about mid-century paperback art, it’s got sleaze and seduction rolled into one graphically bold, and beautifully executed package. The work comes nicely framed and with a published copy of the book.

 

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Murder On Broadway

Artist: Victor Kalin
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: erotic, Hal Masur, nude, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pin up, pulp, sleaze, Victor Kalin
Added to Gallery: April 11, 2018

 

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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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