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Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir
Located in Miami, FL
What makes this work important? It's not that it's a commissioned artwork for a men's 60s pulp
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1960s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

The Complete Detective Cover, Pulp Magazine
By Harry Lemon Parkhurst
Located in Miami, FL
process of committing an art heist. The Complete Detective Cover, Pulp Magazine Illustration, February
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1930s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil

Love in the Midst, Magazine Illustration
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Love in the Midst, Magazine Story Illustration Ladies Home Journal, June 1959 Tom Lovell had
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Board

Sexy French Cabaret Dancers - Folies Bergere Pulp Paperback Book Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Campy and sexy illustration of two French chorus girls for the mid-century Avon paperback Les Girls
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1950s Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Rajah of Sarawak - Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine
By Mort Künstler
Located in Miami, FL
Male illustration Illustration - Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (29 April 1803[1] – 11
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1950s Photorealist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache

Sexy Woman in a Swamp Storm - Pulp Magazine, Hispanic Artist, Mid Century
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Miami, FL
drama in the swamp. Woman in the Swamp is a masterfully executed example of Pulp Art and showcases
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1950s Academic Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board, Oil

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
By Paul Rabut
Located in Miami, FL
Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single
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1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Mixed Media

Lorence Bjorklund "Trail Bros", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen
Located in Redding, CT
Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen. A beautiful Grace Kelly like female holds her
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1950s North American Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Wood, Paint

Lorence Bjorklund "Fight Back or Die", original ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial art at the Pratt
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Secret Project
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustrations for the Pulp magazines. He illustrated his first major manuscript for The Country Gentleman in
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Board

Schlitz Beer Advertisement
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Plattsmouth and reared in Falls City, Nebraska. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, the Art Students
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987 (Pyramid With UFOs )(Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
quality paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Street Violinist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
illustrations for Street & Smith's western pulp magazines. In 1932 he began to sell freelance cover paintings to
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1970s American Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Well Meaning Kidnapper
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
got his first freelance illustration assignments from the pulp fiction world, doing inside magazine
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1950s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board, Oil

Three Men Questioning Boy
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustration assignments from the pulp fiction world, doing inside magazine illustrations for Street & Smith
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Charcoal

Formal Affair
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
western, and nature to family affairs. His first illustrations were created for pulp magazines when he
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1940s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Soldier and Hunter
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
many illustrators of the time, he got his first freelance illustration assignments from the pulp
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1940s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board, Oil

Untitled (Couple with Seascape)
By Peter Stevens
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
illustration, just as his portrait commissions were growing more successful. He was represented by Portraits
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Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board

Man Leading Horse
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
pulp fiction world, doing inside magazine illustrations for Street & Smith Publications in New York. In
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1940s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache

The Watchers, Dakota Indians
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
compositions required of pulp magazine illustrations. His paintings often have more stable (even static
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Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board, Oil

Three Oval Glows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a Fourdrinier Machine, a process
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1970s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

1969 Monoprint by H. Lawrence Hoffman, Signed
Located in Larchmont, NY
Professor of Art at C.W. Post University (1967–1976). Hoffman began his career doing drawings for the pulp
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Monoprint

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a Fourdrinier Machine, a process
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Late 20th Century Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Keith Haring, Untitled (Baby) (Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a Fourdrinier Machine
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Work and Play
By Gordon Grant
Located in Missouri, MO
, beaches and marines, and was an illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Work and Play
Work and Play
H 18 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
"At the Old Stone Wall" Original Oil by Emmett Watson
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
calendar print. Framed. Watson sold most of his freelance pulp covers to the (1893- 1955) Frank A. Munsey
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1940s American Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Paint

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Silly Symphony
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster, for Walt Disney's 1933 animation. This is an exceptionally rare poster with very few known to have survived.  
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1930s French Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Paper

Vintage Silly Symphony
Silly Symphony
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H 31 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial
Located in New York, NY
WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial "Pawns" 16 x 20 inches,. Oil on board, c. 1930’s. Signed lower left. Stowell Sherman (1886 – 1973) was bo...
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1930s American Modern Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

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Oil, Board

Woman in Black Dress Pulp Art Portrait/Couple Dancing Figurative, 2 sided
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful two-sided mid century pulp art figurative painting of a woman at party in black evening gown and formal gloves, and on verso couple dancing by unknown artist, circa 1960s. ...
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1960s American Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic, Cardboard

Andy Warhol illustration art 1967 (Andy Warhol film culture)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol 1967: Film Culture magazine, 1967 featuring cover art by Andy Warhol. Warhol designed the cover using portraits taken in a photo booth for the cover and inside pages. Fea...
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1960s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

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Lithograph, Offset

Vintage Japanese Gold Silk Embroidery Wedding Photo Album in Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Japanese Gold Silk Embroidery Wedding Photo Album. Handcrafted Japanese Sanyo Silk Embroidery Vintage Wedding Photo Album in Original box unused. Vintage Japanese silk embroi...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Silk, Paper

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987 (Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987 (Framed) Matt 250gsm conservation paper. A high quality paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a Four...
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2010s Contemporary Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

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Lithograph

Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century pulp art portrait of a somber clown with a yellow shirt, red hair and a red nose, holding a scepter in a dramatized space with a candle and green circle in the background...
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1960s Outsider Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

Sailor with Rope (Figurative Painting of a Man by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic, nautical style figurative oil painting of a handsome sailor against an ocean landscape "Sailor with Rope" painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to th...
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2010s Academic Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

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Oil, Canvas

Woman in Yellow Evening Dress, Mid Century Modern Pulp Art Figurative Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful pulp art figurative portrait of a brunette woman in formal yellow evening gown with gloves by unknown California artist, circa 1960s. Unsigned. Acquired as part of Women wi...
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1960s American Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

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Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

1960's French Signed Oil Portrait Nude Lady Dancing with Tambourine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tambourine Player French School, circa 1950's-1960's signed lower front corner oil painting on board, framed framed: 18 x 16 inches board: 14 x 12 inches provenance: private coll...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil

Happy Clown Painting by Charles Levier
By Charles Levier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This abstract painting titled "The Happy Clown" is an oil on board by the iconic French painter Charles Levier. The frame is a wood with a beige/pickled wash with a linen liner an...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Glass, Paint, Wood

Lemon-original modern hyper realism oil painting-study-artwork-contemporary Art
By Angela Faustina
Located in London, Chelsea
Angela Faustina's "Lemon" invites viewers into a world of vivid color and exquisite detail. This original still life painting, executed in oil on board, showcases Faustina's mastery ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Panel

Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12 People
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful German Meissen dinnerware service for twelve people with serving pieces. The dinnerware service is in great condition. Just exquisite & very rare to find a complete service...
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1960s German Rococo Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

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Gold

Construction Scene Industrial Cityscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Construction Scene, 1935. Gouache on cardboard, panel measures 9 x 11 inches; 19 x 21 inches framed. Signed, dated lower center. Signed, dated, titled on...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

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Watercolor

Andy Warhol Designed Record Covers (Warhol record art set of 4 LPs)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol album art 1983-1986: A collection of 4 LPs with individual cover art designed by Andy Warhol. Classic 1980's Andy Warhol imagery that makes for fantastic wall-art. Each p...
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

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Offset

"Parisian Street Scene" French Post-Impressionist Plein Air Painting on Canvas
By Constantin Kluge
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and masterful depiction of a Parisian street view from the 20th Century. The artist executed this painting en plein air with street life and cars parked along into the dis...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover
By John Hilkert
Located in Minneapolis, MN
-Story Detective Magazine in January 1943, provides an intriguing window into little known moment in pulp
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1940s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Girl Pin Up
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original pastel on illustration board by the prolific cover artist and pin-up illustrator
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Pastel

Nude Contemplation
By Harry T. Fisk
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Illustration pulp artist Harry Fisk. Artwork bears the original Salmagundi Club Curator's Exhibit label which
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1940s Post-Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

The Broken Angel
By Mel Hunter
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A ghastly and macabre pulp cover painting by Mel Hunter for the January, 1958 edition of "Mercury
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1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

The Broken Angel
The Broken Angel
H 20.5 in W 16 in D 1 in
Left Bank of Desire
By Verne Tossey
Located in Minneapolis, MN
culture pulp novel tells the story of dissolute ex-pats who become enamored of bohemian culture and vice
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1950s Modern Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Left Bank of Desire
Left Bank of Desire
H 39.25 in W 29.75 in D 1 in
The Rabbis
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fiction, Story Illustration, Portraiture, Black & White Line Art, Charcoal Sketches, Color, Crayon, Dry
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20th Century Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil

Pulp Illustration
By H.W. Kiemle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
covers and interior story illustrations regularly appeared in such pulp magazines as Ace-High Magazine
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20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pulp Illustration
By Howard Hastings
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 32.25" x 24.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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20th Century Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow, Mid Century, Latin Art Hispanic Artist
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Miami, FL
statement. This Noir Illustration was done on assignment for Dime Detective cover, when "There's a Will
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1940s American Modern Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Board

Real Magazine Black Sox Sports Story Illustration
By Norman Saunders
Located in Fort Washington, PA
celebrated illustrator Norm Saunders' most notable creations are his many lurid painted covers for pulp and
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Lorence Bjorklund "Smokey Serenade", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Firebrand's Brothill Bounty", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Don Hurricane", original ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "The Whistlin' Kids ... Trail", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial art
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Sonny Tabor's Silver Handcuffs", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
West". Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Shawn of the Gun Pack", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Gun Shots of Skeleton Canyon", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
"Wild West". Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "The Sheriff of Powder Rock", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
the "Wild West". Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "A Gun Lawyer for CJ", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
the "Wild West". Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Gold Robbers of Cutthroat Gulch", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial art
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Poor Little Chorus Girl Shifting For Herself
By Carl Reed
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
studies at Pratt he opened a commercial art studio in NYC. He produced illustrations for the men's fashion
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil

Big Catch, Outdoor Life Magazine Cover
By Charles Dye
Located in Fort Washington, PA
assignments were interior story illustrations for the western pulp magazines published by Popular Publications
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Board

The Explorer oil on canvas by Ed DeLavy
Located in Paonia, CO
Brooklyn and the Art Students League in NYC. He became known for his black and white illustrations for a
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20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil

Traffic Jam Saturday Evening Post cover, April 28, 1956
By Earl Mayan
Located in New Orleans, LA
at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, joining the field of pulp illustration after his graduation in
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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Board

Amazing Stories "Wonders of the Ancient World: Building the Great Pyramid"
By James B. Settles
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover Preliminary Illustration Original Art (Ziff-Davis, 1946). Famous magazine back cover painting by
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1940s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Graphite, Watercolor, Board

Black Magic Holiday, Cover for Imaginative Tales, January 1955
By Harold McCauley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
painting, used as the cover for the January 1955 pulp digest, Imaginative Tales #3, shows a Vaudeville era
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1950s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lorence Bjorklund "Trail of the horse", original ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial art at the Pratt
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Death Throws a Wide Loop", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
West". Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Secret of Cedar Brook", original ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
the "Wild West". Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

I Wish I Were Like You
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
. Falter began his career in illustration early, starting with the Pulps, and at 20, sold his first picture
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1930s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987 (Pyramid With UFOs )(Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
quality paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a
Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

G. I. Tiger-Bandit of Saipan, Combat with Bikini Women and Explosions
By Mort Künstler
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration for Men's Magazine/ Pulp Magazine . "Male" depicting war in asia with cigar
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1960s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache

Vintage Oil Painting "A Day At the Museum" by Bertram Glover
Located in Buffalo, NY
School. During the 1920s he created illustrations for pulp novelettes and later painted portraits of
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1960s Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board

Oil Painting "Railroad Man's Daughter" Dated 1941 by Bertram Glover
Located in Buffalo, NY
School. During the 1920s he created illustrations for pulp novelettes and later painted portraits of
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1940s Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Life Was Simple Then" Saturday Evening Post Poster by Emery Clarke, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
or prints, such as this illustration by Clarke. Emery Clarke (1911-1990) began studying art at the
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1940s American Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Paper

Aquarium
By Gordon Grant
Located in New Orleans, LA
, and was an illustrator whose work included pulp fiction for "Popular Detective" in the 1930s. Skilled
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Aquarium
Aquarium
H 9.5 in W 12.63 in
"Men of the Golden West" by John Wade Hampton, (Portfolio) 4 Lithographs
Located in Phoenix, AZ
cowboy, he used pretended he was roping cows by using his mother's clothesline. He began illustration
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1970s Contemporary Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Stetson Advertising Poster 'The Last Drop from His Stetson', circa 1920s
By Lon Megargee
Located in Incline Village, NV
The artist who created this illustration was Lon Megargee, who designed western images for
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1940s American Sporting Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oak, Paper

Amos Sewell "Prairie Schooner" Original Saturday Evening Post Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine Cowboy Pulp illustration for Saturday Evening Post in the 1950s. Original oil board
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Other

Great Pulp Art Western Illustration by Pete Kuhlhoft
Located in New York, NY
This is a great Illustration by Pete Kuhlhoft ( 1903- 1972). The website Pulpartists.com has his
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1940s American Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas

Fantastic Adventures Pulp Cover
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A pulp cover painting by Harold W. McCauley for the Ziff-Davis science fiction pulp title Fantastic
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1940s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Modern Girl Spicy Pulp Magazine Cover
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A signed original pastel on illustration board from the late 1930's by the prolific cover artist
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Pastel

15 Story Detective Pulp Cover
By Norman Saunders
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This striking and tense dramatic painting by Norman Saunders was created as cover art for the the
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1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Imagination Magazine Pin Up Girl Pulp Cover
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original oil on canvas painting, used as the cover for the January 1955 pulp digest
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1950s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Juice
By Gabriel Mayorga
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large, dazzling, spicy pulp, science fiction, space girl painting by Gabriel Mayorga, which
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1940s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Juice
Juice
H 39.5 in W 31.25 in
Cry Shame
By Harry Bennett
Located in Minneapolis, MN
is a singular opportunity to own an original piece of both illustration art and literary history
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1950s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

Trailer Camp Woman
Located in Minneapolis, MN
the kind of fine line between truth and titillation sleaze that pulp paperback publishers monetized in
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1960s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Trailer Camp Woman
Trailer Camp Woman
H 24.5 in W 20.5 in
How to Hypnotize
By Virgil Finlay
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pulp cover illustration from this long running title, this was for many years part of the storied
Category

1950s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Beacon Book Cover for Wild Body
Located in Minneapolis, MN
also has that earlier cover painting available for sale. This lurid sleaze pulp fiction offering
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1960s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Mambo to Murder
By Harry Barton
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This oil on illustration board painting by Harry Barton was created as cover art for the 1955
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1950s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Spawn of Doom
By Lloyd Birmingham
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original gouache pulp magazine cover painting by Lloyd Birmingham which appeared as the cover
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1960s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Amazing Stories Cover
By Alex Schomburg
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This remarkable gouache pulp cover painting by Alex Schomburg appeared on the February, 1961 issue
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1960s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Death Makes A Mistake
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Death Makes a Mistake is an eerie, dark, and foreboding interior pulp illustration by Harold
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Mixed Media, Illustration Board

The Soda Jerk
By Ray Johnson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A fun and breezy interior magazine illustration for Argosy magazine - July, 1946 by Ray Johnson
Category

1940s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Paula Has A Price
By Fred Rodewald
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This lurid and bold gouache illustration painting by Fred Rodewald was created as cover art for the
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1940s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Consumed by the Flames
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This small preliminary gouache painting on illustration board is by noted artist and illustrator
Category

1950s American Modern Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

The Path Between
By Paul Rader
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pulp genre. The 1st edition played up the taboo subject with the slug line "The Bizarre World Of The
Category

1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

The Pin-up and the P.I.
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Intoxicatingly sexy, this small preliminary gouache painting on illustration board is by noted
Category

1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

True Strange Marilyn Monroe
By Tom Beecham
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Strange Magazine. The title is fascinating to us, an attempt to merge the men's magazine post-war-pulp
Category

1950s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Laid Paper, Oil

Encounter In A Sinister Place
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Harold McCauley created this tense, action-packed, gritty, and dramatic illustration for an-as-of
Category

1940s Gothic Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Mixed Media, Illustration Board

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Vintage Pulp Art Illustration For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact vintage pulp art illustration you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. There are many Art Deco, Pop Art and Impressionist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a vintage pulp art illustration from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right vintage pulp art illustration is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, beige, brown and orange. There have been many interesting vintage pulp art illustration examples over the years, but those made by Lorence Bjorklund, Harold McCauley, Amos Sewell, Harry Barton and Rafael DeSoto are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, board and oil paint.

How Much is a Vintage Pulp Art Illustration?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a vintage pulp art illustration in our inventory may begin at $145 and can go as high as $199,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,000.