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Top of the World

Artist:Mort Künstler
Date:1957
Medium:Gouache on Illlustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 14" x 17" Framed 21" x 24 1/2"
Condition:Mint
Original Use:Interior Story Art for Sports Afield - April 1957
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of gouache illustration
Above: The artists monogrammed signature lower right

A typically action packed interior illustration gouache painting by Mort Kunstler for the April 1957 edition of Sports Afield Magazine. A large menacing polar bear in pre-global warming, shrinking ice cap terrain with a Cessna water landing small aircraft as the backdrop, illustrating the story by Gene Caesar titled "Top of the World".

Above: Published artwork included in sale

Nicely matted and framed and in pristine condition.

Above: Detail
Above: Verso notations

Issue of magazine included in sale, caption reads "Not now!" I screamed at him. Too Late. There was no sound of slug hitting flesh. Instead, it chopped through the fuselage and smashed into the motor...

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Top of the World

Artist: Mort Künstler
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, aviation, Mort Künstler, original interior illustration, pulp, Sports Afield
Added to Gallery: April 1, 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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