Tag: gouache on board

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Gouache on board, 22 x 16-1/2 inches (55.9 x 41.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower right

The work is published in The Bramble Bush by David Duncan (Macmillan, 1948).

1953 Pocket reissue

cover art by James Meese

1953 Bantam reissue

cover art by James Meese

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.

better image than previously posted

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

better image than previously posted