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Futurist Raygun Firefight

Artist:Harold McCauley
Date:1939
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 18 1/2" x 27 1/2" Framed 25 1/4" x 35 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover art for Fantastic Adventures - Sept. 1939
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of gouche work on Illustration Board
Above: Artwork as it appeared on Fantastic Adventures Sept. 1939 (included in sale)

A rare surviving cover painting by Harold H.W. McCauley for the September 1938 edition of Fantastic Adventures; Volume #1 issue #5. This is likely the earliest commissioned pulp cover illustration by the artist. A classic art deco depiction of the perils of the near future space age, as envisioned in the campy, naive era of the 1930s. The mild bondage, damsel in distress content provided an additional titillating shock at the newsstands which carried this early pulp/science fiction title. Predicting the enduring style the Haddon Sundblom pupil would come to be known for, this early offering features an engaging futuristic scene, complete with apocalyptic fire in the background, a raygun fight, and mad scientist surrounded by vacuum tubes. A bright, bold and iconic piece of original 1930s pulp art.

Above: The artists signature
Above: Framed in simple black wood frame
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Futurist Raygun Firefight

Artist: Harold McCauley
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, bondage, damsel in distress, Fantastic Adventures, Harold McCauley, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, pulp, science fiction, space age, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2008

 

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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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