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Artist: Rudy Nappi
Cover illustration for "The Future Mr. Dolan"
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Unsigned
"The ragged edges of Manhattan. . . the rowdy brothels, the dirty hallways, the seething streets of Yorkville -- this was where Mattie Dolan...
Category
1940s Rudy Nappi Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Backwoods Hussy, Paperback Cover
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1952
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 22.25" x 16.25"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This classic Nappi painting was first published as the cover for Backwoods Hussy by Hallam Whitney (PBO, Original books...
Category
1950s Rudy Nappi Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Nightmare House, Digest Cover
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1972
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Board
Dimensions: 17.50" x 11.50"
Signature: Unsigned
Nightmare House, Digest Cover, 1972
Category
1970s Rudy Nappi Art
Materials
Board, Gouache, Watercolor
Four Year Hitch, Paperback Cover
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1961
Medium: Acrylic on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Size: 19" x 13"
Paperback Four Year Hitch, paperback cover, c 1961
Category
1960s Rudy Nappi Art
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Gambler's Girl
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was published as the paperback cover for Gambler's Girl by Kermit Welles, Original Novels 704, 1951.
Category
1950s Other Art Style Rudy Nappi Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Farmer's Wife
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Paperback Digest Cover, 1952
This illustration was published twice, first as the paperback cover of Farmer's Wife by Peggy Gaddis, Venus Boo...
Category
1950s Other Art Style Rudy Nappi Art
Materials
Oil, Board
The Men She Knew
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was published as the paperback cover for The Men She Knew by Norman Bligh, Venus Books No. 130/Star Guidance, 1951.
Category
1950s Other Art Style Rudy Nappi Art
Materials
Oil, Board
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