cover art by Tom Lovell
better image than previously posted
[image updated 2/15/25]
[original art added 8/13/25]
April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell
Category: original art
cover art by Norman Saunders
1958 Pyramid paperback ~ cover art by Ace Bran
cover art by Robert McGinnis
cover art by Howell Dodd
Tempera on paper laid on board, 17 x 12.75 in. (sight)
Not signed
PROVENANCE: The artist, Connecticut.
Lay Down and Die! by Mark Reed, Falcon #26, 1952.
better image than previously posted
cover art by George Gross
George Gross (American, 1909-2003)
oil on canvas, 16-1/2 x 12-1/8 inches (41.9 x 30.8 cm) (image), not signed
George Gross originally created this work for use as the cover of the October, 1952 issue of the pulp digest Special Detective. After publication, as was a common practice, he reworked the background slightly, adding grey curtains to the upper edges of the scene.
In this final form, the work got a second life as paperback cover art for The Mistress by Colin Ross (Beacon Books, 1958).
February 1933 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell
December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens
1937 Columbia Picture
adapted from the 1935 Rex Stout novel of the same name
2nd in the long-running and outstanding series with Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin
SMB Noir 
