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So You’d Like to Have a Harem?

Artist:Lester Bentley
Date:1956
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 18" x 23" Framed 27" x 32"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover Art for Rogue For Men - October 1956
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of gouache cover art

A sublime and richly rendered excursion along the low road, this gouache on illustration board was used as the front cover of Volume #1 Issue #6 of Rogue For Men an early men’s magazine that was direct competition to Playboy for Men. A post-war pulp artwork by Lester Bentley which illustrates the interior story by Robert Bloch titled “So You’d Like to Have a Harem?” Nicely matted and framed and ready to hang in your harem.

Above: October 1956 Rogue For Men included in sale
Above: Verso view
Above: Framed view in handsome newer gallery frame
Above: Detail

So You’d Like to Have a Harem?

Artist: Lester Bentley
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, harem, Lester Bentley, pin up, pulp, risque, Rogue For Men
Added to Gallery: February 18, 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.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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