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Hoodooed

Artist:John Coughlin
Date:1927
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 19" x 24"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Detective Story Magazine - April 16, 1927
Price: Sold
Full view of oil painting
Full view of oil painting
The artist's signature lower right
The artist’s signature lower right

This April 16, 1927 cover painting for Detective Story Magazine by John A. Coughlin is titled on verso “Hoodooed.” The well rendered oil on canvas, signed lower left, depicts a train robbery heist scene, that from the title appears to fit into a larger intrigue of voodoo and mystery. Hoodoo, an infrequently seen term today, was a colloquial way of referring to practitioners of voodoo, and more generally anyone would could bring bad luck down upon you (and bad luck is surely about to befall the masked robber depicted here). This rare Street and Smith commissioned cover painting has been relined and stretched on new pine stretchers and is ready to frame and enjoy.

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Relined verso with new pine stretchers
Relined verso with new pine stretchers
Above: Notations on verso (prior to relining)
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Above: Print notations for cover usage

Hoodooed

Artist: John Coughlin
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, Detective Story Magazine, hoodoo, John Coughlin, magazine cover, noir, original cover art, Street & Smith
Added to Gallery: May 11, 2009

 

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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.

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