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C. C. Beck

This May 1930 science fiction pulp gouache painting on illustration board by noted comic artist Charles Clarence Beck who signed much of his work C.C. Beck illustrates a poem by Donald Wandrei titled Marmora. Our research suggests this could be the earliest published example of Beck’s work, as it predates his first known job by a few years. The work is sensational with a cobalt blue color palette and precise landscape work which appears to be influenced by Rockwell Kent.

Marmora

Artist: C. C. Beck

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, alien, american, C. C. Beck, fantasy, illustration, Minnesota Artist, pulp, science fiction
Added to Gallery: January 12, 2013

 

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