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Samson Pollen

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

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 oil on board painting by Samson Pollen was created as cover art for the 1955 paperback Mambo To Murder, one half of the double sided Ace Double Novel D-109.  Private eye Joe Moran, who had his license revoked for extracting “two fisted justice” is shown in a bleak urban hotel room lit by an outside […]

Mambo To Murder

Artist: Samson Pollen

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Ace Books, Golden Age, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pulp, risque, Samson Pollen, sleaze
Added to Gallery: October 31, 2016

 

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