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Cry Shame

Artist:Harry Bennett
Date:1950
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 10" x 12 1/2" Framed 16" x 18 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Cry Shame - Pyramid Paperback #23 - First Edition
Price: Sold
Full view of cover painting
Full view of cover painting
The image as it appeared on the cover of Cry Shame -Pyramid Books #23
The image as it appeared on the cover of Cry Shame -Pyramid Books #23

This original gouache painting by Harry Bennett was used as cover art for the Pyramid paperback publication of “Cry Shame” written by Gore Vidal under the pseudonym Katherine Everard. During his early career, Vidal published under several pseudonyms in order to evade the accusation that the rate of his publishing made it impossible for him to be a “serious” literary author. Though published under a pulp imprint, and with all the trappings of lurid melodrama, the book has lived on as an intriguing tale of of a “wise-beyond-her-years 13-year-old who begins her show biz career as a singer in a New Orleans nightclub and eventually becomes a Hollywood star, married to a much older man and in love with an ‘ambisextrous movie star.”

This artwork was created to capitalize on the sexual undertones of the life of the theater, and illustrated the first paperback release of the book (also known as “A Star’s Progress). This is a singular opportunity to own an original piece of both illustration art and literary history, with playful and colorful style. Painting is handsomely matted and framed behind glass – from the estate of Charles Martignette.

Framed and matted behind glass in wide profile handsome vintage frame
Framed and matted behind glass in wide profile handsome vintage frame
Detail
Detail
Frame profile and corner detail
Frame profile and corner detail

Cry Shame

Artist: Harry Bennett
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Charles Martignette, Gore Vidal, Harry Bennett, illustration, new orleans, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pin up, risque, sleaze, theater
Added to Gallery: June 26, 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.

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