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Sex Was My Racket

Artist:Cardwell Higgins
Date:1942
Medium:Pastel on Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 25" x 34" Framed 32" x 41"
Condition:Mint
Original Use:Cover Art for Expose Detective True Crime Cases - July 1942
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of pastel
Above: The artist’s signature
Above: Published cover included in sale

A bold, defining and lurid pastel cover illustration for the July 1942 Expose Detective True Crime Cases illustrating the interior story “Sex Was My Racket.” In this case the tables are turned to lurid effect as the typically menaced pin up queen cover girl is brandishing a large gleaming knife and a hard boiled outlook. A large and desirable rare surviving example of the detective genre of the Spicy Pulps. From the important estate of Charles Martignette, co-author of “The Great American Pin-up.”

Above: Frame detail
Above: Framed and lined behind glass in wide profile gallery frame
Above: Detail

Sex Was My Racket

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Cardwell Higgins, Charles Martignette, damsel in distress, Expose Detective, lurid, pin up, pulp, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: May 11, 2010

 

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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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