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In this large, dramatic and darkly twisted oil on canvas, Fred Pfeiffer perfectly captures the menace and seduction associated with the post-hippie /post Manson family druggie scene, as depicted in counter-culture books and films which proliferated in the 1970s. The work appeared as the cover for the 1975 Bantam paperback The Fear Dealers, written by Jack W. Thomas, who specialized in these […]

The Fear Dealers

Artist: Fred Pfeiffer
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Tagged With: Bantam Book, drug culture, Fred Pfeiffer, Gang, Hippie, lurid, original cover art, paperback, pulp, risque, sleaze, The Fear Dealers
Added to Gallery: April 28, 2016

Grapefruit Moon Gallery is delighted to offer the original 1941 lurid gouache painting by Bill Fleming which appeared as the cover for the early Dell Vest Pocket Paperback book Marihuana, written by Cornell Woolrich under the pen name of William Irish. The cover slug says it all- “A Cheap and evil girl sets a hopped […]

Marihuana

Artist: Bill Fleming
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Tagged With: 1940s, drug culture, lurid, paperback, pin up, pulp, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: August 16, 2014

This dramatic and lurid oil painting was created by Rudy Nappi as the original cover for the now-infamous Jane Manning novel Reefer Girl, published by Detective House in New York under the Cameo Books imprint in 1953. The cover slug describes the work as “The frank, biting story of a young girl of the slums, and […]

Reefer Girl

Artist: Rudy Nappi
Price:  Sold

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Tagged With: drug culture, noir, paperback, Rudy Nappi, sleaze, subversive, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: April 22, 2014

 

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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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