James Meese

"The Dangerous Year (The Sunken Garden), " Cover Illustration, 1956

1956

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned "The ragged edges of Manhattan. . . the rowdy brothels, the dirty hallways, the seething streets of Yorkville -- this was where Mattie Dolan...

Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 18.00" x 15.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned Dimensions: Sight Size 35.5" x 25.5;" Framed 39.50" x 28.75" This illustration was published as the paperback cover of Burro Alley by Edwin...

Signed Lower Left This illustration was published as the paperback cover for Tragic Ground by Erskine Caldwell, Signet, 1958.

The work is mostly black and white to indicate that this is a night scene. On closer inspection, you will see areas of magenta and ivory throughout The publisher's label on verso ide...

Stark and emotional depiction of a family after a natural disaster by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). This grayscale painting was created as an ...

Incredible early American illustration of an opera scene by Richard W. Baldwin (1920 - 2012) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Rafael Maria de Soto y Hernandez was born February 18, 1904 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It's high drama in the swamp. Woman in the Swamp is a masterfully executed example of Pulp Art and showcases Rafael DeSoto's full command of academic painting. DeSoto did pulp covers up until the industry's demise in the 1950s for such magazines as Adventure, Argosy, Black Mask, Captain Zero, Crack Detective, Fantastic Novels, 15-Story Detective, Fifteen Western Tales, New Detective, Smashing Detective, and Walt Coburn's Western Magazine. He also painted many covers and interior story illustrations for men's adventure magazines, such as Action For Men, Adventure, Battle Cry, For Men Only...