Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
A rare surviving Detective Pulp cover illustration of a hard boiled New York City policeman with a drawn gun. A defining cover for the May 1932 issue of Real Detective , illustrating the interior story “Pay or Die! The Menace of the Kidnapping Terrorists”. Artwork by Alec Redmond signed lower right. Oil on stretched canvas retains original gesso painted wood frame. Call or e-mail for a complete condition report.
Artist: Alec Redmond
A rare early example of an Enoch Bolles spicy cover girl; a winsome flapper girl sunning in a sheer bikini. This was used as cover art for a Spicy Pulp publication, most likely Breezy Stories or Stolen Sweets. Like most of Enoch Bolles’ paintings it is unsigned.This is guaranteed to be an original work by this heralded pin-up legend. Call or e-mail for a condition report.
Artist: Enoch Bolles
A roaring 20’s flapper girl in a tophat tames a pair of tigers with her feminine guiles. Most likely a cover for a spicy pulp or early vaudeville era magazine. Artwork is mindful of similar covers by Earle K . Bergey, Otto Grenier or H.J. Ward. Like much pulp cover art, this work is unsigned.
Artist: Unknown
Rare, original cover-art for a 1950 Line-Up Detective Cases pulp magazine, illustrating the interior story: I am a $100 a Night Call Girl! This is a genre defining example of 1950’s pulp bad girl cover-art and like much pulp art, it is unsigned but came directly from the Dodd estate.
Artist: Howell Dodd
