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Harry Barton

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
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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

A signed gouache on illustration board painting by Harry Barton, created as the cover for Dorine Clark’s 1959 novel Hell Cat. This original artwork is a prime example of the boundary pushing, subversive imagery that helped draw readers to the taboo and lurid stories put out by pulp paperback publishers. These titles often pushed the boundaries of […]

Hell Cat

Artist: Harry Barton
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Tagged With: Beacon Books, bondage, erotic, Golden Age, Harry Barton, Hell Cat, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pin up, pulp, risque
Added to Gallery: November 14, 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
Price:  Sold

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Tagged With: Ace Books, gambling, Harry Barton, lurid, original cover art, paperback, pulp, sleaze
Added to Gallery: December 15, 2014

    In a classic, provocative, and lurid confrontation, Harry Barton shows a fiery redheaded femme-fatale struggling with Joe Chicago, the square-jawed, prizefighting hero of Ross Laurence’s 1953 mobster crime novel The Fast Buck. First published as a part of the Ace Double Novels series, this is a classic example of danger and drama, with provocative undertones, from the down […]

The Fast Buck

Artist: Harry Barton
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Ace Books, Harry Barton, paperback, pulp, redhead, sleaze
Added to Gallery: December 14, 2014

    A dramatic and suspenseful cover paperback painting by the prolific American Illustrator Harry Barton, where train tracks take on an ominous aura, and a deadly outcome appears likely. The cover of an early Ace Double Novel paperback titled Fear No More, written by Leslie Edgley. Illustration is nicely framed and matted behind glass and a […]

Fear No More

Artist: Harry Barton
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, damsel in distress, Harry Barton, noir, original cover art, paperback, pulp
Added to Gallery: November 29, 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.

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