Tag: james meese

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 sketch by James Meese

Time to step up. Possible study for an unknown pulp cover. Mixed media, including watercolor, gouache, graphite, and glaze on onion skin paper mounted to board. 335×198 mm; 13 1/4×7 3/4 inches, mounted to 13 3/4×8 3/4-inch board. Signed “Meese” at lower right.

1961 Gold Medal paperback original with final, finished cover

better image than previously posted