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Double Action Detective Menace Pulp

Artist:Rudolph Zirm (attributed)
Date:1939
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 29" X 21" Framed 34" X 25"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover Illustration For Double Action Detective Pulp - January 1939
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of oil on canvas
Above: Detail

A tense and clever, menace-themed, rare surviving cover painting for the January 1939 issue of Double Action Detective.. A Science Fiction/Spicy Pulp epic entanglement illustrating George Alden Edson’s story, The Midnight Murderer. This original oil-on-canvas painting is unsigned, we are of the strong belief that it was done by Rudolph Zirm. A xeroxed color print of the pulp magazine cover proof is included in the sale.

Above: Cover scan of Pulp this was created for

This image was also used as the cover for “Mystery Novels and Short Stories” by Double Action Publishers illustrating the interior story “Mistress of the Undead”; July 1940, a copy of this magazine is included in the sale.

Above: Complete issue July 1940 Mystery Novels and Short Stories (included in sale)

Double Action Detective Menace Pulp

Artist: Rudolph Zirm (attributed)
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, damsel in distress, magazine cover, menace, nude, original cover art, pulp, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: February 19, 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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