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Gouache on board illustration by Samson Pollen

Original Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is a thrilling, vintage and original, grayscale gouache on board by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator Samson Pollen. A classic example of 1960s men’s magazine art, this high-stakes, action-packed illustration was likely published as an interior illustration of a men’s adventure magazine. Excitement abounds in […]

Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration

Artist: Samson Pollen

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, blonde, gouache, illustration, magazine illustration, Men's Magazine art, original interior illustration, pulp, Samson Pollen
Added to Gallery: February 28, 2023

A signed original pastel on illustration board from the late 1930’s by the artist and pin-up illustrator Cardwell Higgins of a modernist blonde showgirl.

Modern Girl Book Cover Girl

Artist: Cardwell Higgins

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: art deco, Cardwell Higgins, original cover art, Original pastel, pin up, pulp
Added to Gallery: January 16, 2023

An original painting by Fred Rodewald which appeared as the cover of the December, 1949 edition of the digest pulp fiction title Exotic Novel Magazine.

Buy My Love

Artist: Fred Rodewald

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, erotic, Fred Rodewald, glamour, Golden Age, lurid, original cover art, Peggy Gaddis, pin up, pulp, risque, sleaze
Added to Gallery: October 31, 2020

Illustrated advertising portrait by Charles Bosseron Chambers This gorgeous oil on canvas painting is by American artist and illustrator Charles Bosseron Chambers. With deep, rich gold colors set against a muted, textured backdrop, this portrait features an elegant flapper girl wearing a gold kimono with a matching gold headband wrapped around her bobbed brunette hair. […]

The Gold Kimono

Artist: Charles Bosseron Chambers

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, charles bosseron chambers, flapper, magazine cover, Norman Platnick, oil painting, original cover art, pulp, Red Book Magazine, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: June 14, 2020

Published Samson Pollen illustration

Original Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is an exceptionally rendered, exceedingly sexy, vintage and original gouache on board grayscale illustration by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator Samson Pollen. A classic example of 1970s men’s magazine art, this heady, thrilling illustration was published in a November 1970 issue of For Men Only […]

Gridiron Nymph

Artist: Samson Pollen

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1970s, blonde, football, gouache, illustration, locker room, men's adventure magazine, Men's Magazine art, original interior illustration, pin up, pulp, Samson Pollen
Added to Gallery: February 20, 2020

Cropped view of artwork by Samson Pollen

Original Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is an extensive, vintage and original, gouache on board illustration done in grayscale by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator Samson Pollen. A classic example of 1960s men’s magazine art, this salacious and provocative illustration was published in a July issue of Men magazine to accompany […]

Germany’s Fräulein Camps

Artist: Samson Pollen

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, gouache, illustration, magazine illustration, men's adventure magazine, Men's Magazine art, original interior illustration, pulp, Samson Pollen
Added to Gallery: February 20, 2020

    This is an exciting, fresh-to-the-market paperback book cover illustration by Al Schmidt for the 1952 Cardinal Complete Book Edition of The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman. The text slug on the paperback reads, “Five men and one woman gazed upward at Weissturm – The White Tower – hypnotized by the beckoning shadows […]

The White Tower

Artist: Al Schmidt

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Golden Age, illustration, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pulp
Added to Gallery: June 3, 2019

This vintage illustration features a disheveled Jimmy Stewart type in rumpled raincoat and hat, being side-eyed with disdain. The other fellow appears to be wearing last night’s tuxedo, if the stack of pancakes is any indication. Since we have yet identified the use or artist of this piece, we can’t do more than speculate on […]

Meeting At A Diner

Artist: American Artist

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art
Tagged With: 1950s, en grisaille, Golden Age, Men's Magazine art, noir, original illustration art, original interior illustration, pulp
Added to Gallery: May 22, 2019

A feisty redhead is caught in a private moment in this voyeuristic and menacing published pulp painting that was used as the cover of Ecstasy Books #15 “Wanton By Night.” The image is filled with classic pulp iconography, from the scantily-clad femme fatale hurryingly drawing down her shade in the close confines of urban apartment […]

Wanton by Night

Artist: George Gross

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: damsel in distress, Ecstasy Books, George Gross, paperback, pin up, pulp, Pursuit, True Crime
Added to Gallery: May 22, 2019

This is an original men’s magazine interior illustration of unknown usage, dating to the 1950s to 60s. The scene shows a dramatic alley fight, with one man falling to the ground, flashlight tumbling, after the other got the jump on him.  A grisaille gouache on illustration board, this painting is very nicely framed and matted […]

Alley Fight

Artist: American Artist

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: en grisaille, lurid, Men's Magazine art, original illustration art, original interior illustration, pulp, sweats, Urban
Added to Gallery: May 19, 2019

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