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The Stolen Clew

Artist:John Coughlin
Date:1922
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 18 1/2" x 22 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Detective Story Magazine - May 13, 1922
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of oil painting
Above: The artist’s signature lower center

A charming scarce surviving Street & Smith published pulp cover painting by John A. Coughlin, this was most likely used as the cover of the May 13, 1922 issue of Detective Story Magazine. The verso is titled “The Stolen Clew,” the dramatic and mysterious scene features Fu Manchu emerging from the background into the lair of a mad scientist. Research leads us to believe that this illustrates a scene from “Dr. Kreener’s Last Experiment,” a serialized story from Sax Rohmer’s “The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu,” which was published in Detective Story Magazine.

Above: Verso notations and date and title
Above: Verso view with new stretchers and relined canvas
Above: Detail

A recent Pennsylvania estate recently turned up a large collection of never before offered on the market original Street & Smith Publications pulp cover paintings. Grapefruit Moon gallery was fortunate to have purchased several of these rare surviving works and we are pleased to be unveiling the collection.

The Stolen Clew

Artist: John Coughlin
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, Detective Story Magazine, John Coughlin, pulp, 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.

    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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