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The Scarlet Slippers

Artist:James Alfred Meese
Date:1952
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 8 3/4" X 13 3/4" Framed 20 1/4" X 24 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for the Dell Paperback - The Scarlet Slippers
Price: Sold
Full view of cover illustration
The artist’s initials (paperback index page lists James Meese as the cover artist)
The published Dell Paperback – 1952(included in sale)

 

Johnny & Suzy Marshall are the protagonists of a series of pulp paperback mystery potboilers, created as the suburban counterpart to Dashiell Hammet’s Thin Man characters Nick and Nora Charles.

In this gouache-on-board cover illustration for 1952’s The Scarlet Slipper, James Meese captures the unique mixture of the American homestead with a tough-talking private eye in the mix. With Suzy Marshall shown coming across the corpse of a beautiful young woman in a nylon and lace nightgown and satin slippers, and Johnny in the background looking on impassively, Meese suggests the fearlessness of the heroine and film noir style of the rugged private eye with classic thriller paperback style.

The work is handsomely framed and ready to hang, with a vintage copy of the Dell paperback included with sale.

Professionally framed under glass view
Detail

The Scarlet Slippers

Artist: James Alfred Meese
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, James Alfred Meese, lurid, original cover art, paperback, pulp, risque
Added to Gallery: April 13, 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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