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Art Deco / Great Depression era pen and ink illustration by the social satirist Anne Harriet Fish, this was published in the British magazine “The Tatler.”

Casino

Artist: Anne Harriet Fish

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, Anne Fish, art deco, British, flapper, gambling, jazz age, satirical, Tatler
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

Harry Barton painted this steamy gouache illustration for use as the cover of 1952’s Tender Hearted Harlot by Val Munroe. Published as a pulp digest, novella length story that takes place on the San Francisco waterfront and follows the proclivities of the young, bold and beautiful Ginny Parrish who… “is a gambler to the core – but the one thing she won’t bet on is love…” Sounds like a real page turner! The painting is in pristine condition and has been nicely matted and framed under glass, a copy of the published digest is included in the sale.

Tender Hearted Harlot

Artist: Harry Barton

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, erotic, gambling, Golden Age, Harry Barton, Honkytonk, lurid, machine age, original cover art, paperback, pin up, pulp, risque, sleaze
Added to Gallery: June 7, 2017

Stanley Borack created this striking, evocative and finely rendered painting for the cover of the 1954 Dell Books paperback Silver Doll by Blair Treynor. A lurid pulp fiction page turner set in Sin City; the back cover slug advertises “the story of a man in the rackets; of the doll who wanted to keep him there, and the woman […]

Silver Doll

Artist: Stanley Borack

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, gambling, glamour, Golden Age, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pin up, pulp, risque, Silver Doll, Stanley Borack, Vegas
Added to Gallery: November 1, 2016

  This underworld, barroom image shows a head-turning femme fatale with the sort of bad-girl good looks that spell bad luck, this pulp fiction paperback cover painting was deftly painted by Harry Barton in 1955 for the cover of the Ace Double Novel The Squeeze. As the tag line announces this unlucky redhead…”Played With Death To Get The Man She […]

The Squeeze

Artist: Harry Barton

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Ace Books, gambling, Harry Barton, lurid, original cover art, paperback, pulp, sleaze
Added to Gallery: December 15, 2014

This fresh and dazzling Gil Elvgren oil on canvas painting titled “Pot Luck” is a rare surviving commissioned work for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company, St Paul MN. This image graced calendars in 1961 and also served as the 6 of clubs in the “52 American Beauties” playing card series. The entire deck featured Elvgren pin-up beauties, a fact that demonstrates the incredible popularity of this iconic artist. With its sin city scenario, and Kim Novak/Marilyn Monroe inspired seductress at the one armed bandit, this is exciting, risque and unquestionably one of the most desirable Elvgren artworks to come to market. Recent auction records on the artist top out at $262,900 and on July 15th 2009, 3 Brown & Bigelow original calendar pin-ups closed at $215,100.00, $191,200.00 and $143,400.00 after spirited bidding. Elvgren is without a doubt the most important pin-up artist in American history and this is by all accounts a masterwork and an Elvgren painting for the ages.

Pot Luck!

Artist: Gil Elvgren

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, american, Brown & Bigelow, gambling, Gil Elvgren, original calendar art, pin up, stockings, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2009

 

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