Ernest Chiriacka – aka Darcy – (American, 1920-2010)
The Tussle
Watercolor and ink on board
15-1/4 x 13-3/4 inches (38.7 x 34.9 cm)
Signed with pseudonym lower right
pulp art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
Bang!
pulp art by Charles Copeland
Charles Wesley Copeland (American, 1924-1979)
Case of the Deadly Tease, For Men Only magazine cover, September 1963
Gouache on board
14-3/8 x 11-5/8 inches (36.5 x 29.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed
cover art by Victor Prezio
November 1952 issue – cover art by Howell Dodd
Acrylic on board
15 x 13 inches (38.1 x 33.0 cm)
Not signed
cover art by Howell Dodd
True Cases of Women in Crime magazine cover, November 1952
[post updated 8/1/26]
The Girl in the Death Seat
The Girl in the Death Seat, paperback cover
Gouache on board
18-1/2 x 12-3/4 inches (47.0 x 32.4 cm) (image)
Not signed
The present work is on the cover of
The Girl in the Death Seat by Fan Nichols (Ace, 1961).
original title, Be Silent, Love
Simon and Schuster hardcover, 1960
pulp art by Robert McGinnis
Robert McGinnis (American, 1926)
Gouache on board
10-1/2 x 13 inches (26.7 x 33.0 cm) (image)
Signed center left
Mike Shayne’s 50th Case, Dell reissue, 1965
cover art by Ron Lesser
Ron Lesser
Thrilling Detective, Deadly Dames #1, unpublished painting
Oil on Masonite
24 x 19.25 in.
Signed lower right
pulp sketch by Glenn Craveth
Glenn Cravath (American, 1897-1964)
Dead-End Crime Stories, comic book cover preliminary, 1949
Mixed media on board
10-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches (26.0 x 19.1 cm)
Not signed
This study was done in preparation for the finished illustration that appeared on the cover of Dead End Crime Stories (Kirby Publishing Co., April 1949).
cover art by James Avati
Goodbye to Berlin, paperback cover, 1952
Oil on board
24-1/2 x 20-1/2 inches (62.2 x 52.1 cm)
Signed lower left
SMB Noir 
