Tag: gouache on board

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

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″.

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

“While the City Sleeps.” Upper portion only of cover art for the book of the same name by Charles Einstein, re-printed by Dell in 1956 to coincide with the release of the film adaptation starring Rhonda Fleming and Dana Andrews. Gouche on board. 330×337 mm; 13×13 1/4 inches. Signed “M. Hooks” in lower right.

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cover art by Howell Dodd(?)


Gouache on board, 18 x 14 in. (sight)
Not signed

January 1950 issue

cover art repurposed for March 1955 Special Detective

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