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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
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

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, 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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