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Artist:Alec Redmond
Date:1932
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 17" x 23" Framed 23" x 29"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Real Detective Magazine - May 1932
Price: S O L D
Above: Framed View of oil in original gesso wood carved frame
Above: Complete Mint Copy of Real Detective May 1932 Included in Sale
Above: The artists signature

A rare surviving Detective Pulp cover illustration of a hard boiled New York City policeman with a drawn gun. A defining cover for the May 1932 issue of Real Detective, illustrating the interior story “Pay or Die! The Menace of the Kidnapping Terrorists.” Artwork by Alec Redmond signed lower right. Oil on stretched canvas retains original gesso painted wood frame. A copy of the printed complete magazine is included in the sale.

Above: Detail of not to be menaced NYPD Blue

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Artist: Alec Redmond
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, Alec Redmond, american, lurid, police, pulp, Real Detective, s
Added to Gallery: March 10, 2004

 

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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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