1935 Morrow hardcover as The Clew of the Forgotten Murder as by Carleton Kendrake
April 1953 Pocket paperback reissue, 19th printing
cover painting by Frank McCarthy
better image than previously posted
cover art by Ernest Chiriacka (Darcy)
Ernest Chiriacka (as Darcy) Adultress Paperback Cover Painting Original Art (Beacon, 1959). A mix of abuse and lust leads a woman to become an “Adultress” in this risque cover painting created for the Lon Williams novel. Gouache on illustration board with an image area of 12.5″ x 20.5″.
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
The Big Fix, paperback cover, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
10 x 13-3/4 inches (25.4 x 34.9 cm) (image)
Signed with pseudonym lower right
The present work is published on the cover of The Big Fix by Ed Lacy (Pyramid, 1960). It was also republished as an interior illustration in ‘The Demonstration’, Man’s Magazine, May 1964.
[background colored in by some nitwit…]
updated 12/20/23
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