March 15, 2024 – SMB Noir

United Artists, 1955

Killer’s Kiss (United Artists, 1955). Half Sheet (22″ X 28″). Film Noir. Starring Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Ruth Sobotka, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Ralph Roberts and Phil Stevenson. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

cover sketch by James Meese

Time to step up. Possible study for an unknown pulp cover. Mixed media, including watercolor, gouache, graphite, and glaze on onion skin paper mounted to board. 335×198 mm; 13 1/4×7 3/4 inches, mounted to 13 3/4×8 3/4-inch board. Signed “Meese” at lower right.

1961 Gold Medal paperback original with final, finished cover