Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
This rare, original mixed medium painting by Henry Clive graced the cover of the February 15, 1942 edition of William Randolph Hearst's The American Weekly. Clive often played with serialized themes in his work for the magazine, and this Spanish Mission inspired image was from a series entitled "Maid In America." The image on the […]
Artist: Henry Clive
Price: $13,500.00
This fabulous original Film Fun cover painting by Enoch Bolles appeared on their September 1933 edition with the title Worth Wading For. In an effort to make the most of the end of summer, a flirty modernist red-headed bathing beauty flapper girl dares the cold water as she embarks on her first […]
Artist: Enoch Bolles
Price: $45,000.00
This rare original painting by Henry Clive graced the cover of the October 13, 1946 edition of William Randolph Hearst's The American Weekly. Clive often played with serialized themes in his work for the magazine, and this Egyptian inspired image was from a series entitled "Pin-up Girls of History." Pictured as Cleopatra is the lovely Hollywood film star Dorothy Lamour, whose impossibly good looks and exotic features draw comparison to the legendary queen of the Nile, though the actress never portrayed her in film.
Artist: Henry Clive
Price: SOLD
This oil on canvas painting by Reginald Bolles is a classic example of Golden Age illustration and was likely created as cover art for an American glossy magazine in the 1920s. Showcasing a smartly attired flapper girl in a cloche hat closely admiring a cherry tree branch with a birds nest attached that is filled […]
Artist: Reginald Bolles
Price: SOLD
A fresh to the market oil painting on canvas by an American artist that was created as cover art for the January, 1949 issue of 10 Story Western. A lurid Wild West pulp title that premiered in 1936 published by Popular Publications. A rugged nattily attired cowboy on the run, lights a match at the […]
Artist: American Artist
Price: $3,950.00
A fresh to the market oil painting on canvas by noted artist & illustrator Sam Cherry, this artwork was created for use as the cover of the January, 1947 issue of New Western Magazine. A lurid Wild West pulp spectacle of a rugged cowboy holding a hapless hostage in a chokehold with his handcuffs as […]
Artist: Sam Cherry
Price: $5,500.00
Peter Driben vintage and original pin up painting created as cover for Wink Magazine. For sale at Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
Artist: Peter Driben
Price: $15,000.00
Original illustration painting by Paul Remmey for sale, for the Lutheran Church's 1955 Reformation Bulletin.
Artist: Paul Remmey
Price: $950.00
This lurid and bold gouache illustration painting by Fred Rodewald was created as cover art for the January, 1949 edition of Ecstasy Novel Magazine, which printed in full the novella length story "Paula Has A Price!" by pulp author Peggy Gaddis (writing under the pseudonym Perry Lindsay). Included with the painting is a published high grade edition of […]
Artist: Fred Rodewald
Price: SOLD
This original painting by John Hilkert, which appeared as the cover of the Canadian edition of 10-Story Detective Magazine in January 1943, provides an intriguing window into little known moment in pulp art history.
Artist: John Hilkert
Price: $7,500.00
