Day: April 20, 2026

1956 Gold Medal paperback original – co0ver art by James Meese

James Alfred Meese (American, 1917-1971)
cover of The Young and Violent by Marijane Meaker under the pseudonym Vin Packer (Gold Medal, 1956)
Oil on Masonite, 34-3/4 x 24 inches (88.3 x 61.0 cm)
Signed lower right: Meese