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Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir
Located in Miami, FL
What makes this work important? It's not that it's a commissioned artwork for a men's 60s pulp
Category

1960s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

The Complete Detective Cover, Pulp Magazine
By Harry Lemon Parkhurst
Located in Miami, FL
process of committing an art heist. The Complete Detective Cover, Pulp Magazine Illustration, February
Category

1930s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil

Love in the Midst, Magazine Illustration
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Love in the Midst, Magazine Story Illustration Ladies Home Journal, June 1959 Tom Lovell had
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Board

Sexy French Cabaret Dancers - Folies Bergere Pulp Paperback Book Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Campy and sexy illustration of two French chorus girls for the mid-century Avon paperback Les Girls
Category

1950s Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Rajah of Sarawak - Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine
By Mort Künstler
Located in Miami, FL
Male illustration Illustration - Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (29 April 1803[1] – 11
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1950s Photorealist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache

Sexy Woman in a Swamp Storm - Pulp Magazine, Hispanic Artist, Mid Century
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Miami, FL
drama in the swamp. Woman in the Swamp is a masterfully executed example of Pulp Art and showcases
Category

1950s Academic Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board, Oil

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
By Paul Rabut
Located in Miami, FL
Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single
Category

1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Mixed Media

Lorence Bjorklund "Trail Bros", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to
Category

1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen
Located in Redding, CT
Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen. A beautiful Grace Kelly like female holds her
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1950s North American Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Wood, Paint

Lorence Bjorklund "Fight Back or Die", original ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial art at the Pratt
Category

1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Ink

Secret Project
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustrations for the Pulp magazines. He illustrated his first major manuscript for The Country Gentleman in
Category

1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Board

Schlitz Beer Advertisement
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Plattsmouth and reared in Falls City, Nebraska. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, the Art Students
Category

1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987 (Pyramid With UFOs )(Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
quality paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Street Violinist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
illustrations for Street & Smith's western pulp magazines. In 1932 he began to sell freelance cover paintings to
Category

1970s American Impressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of
Category

1970s Surrealist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Well Meaning Kidnapper
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
got his first freelance illustration assignments from the pulp fiction world, doing inside magazine
Category

1950s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board, Oil

Three Men Questioning Boy
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustration assignments from the pulp fiction world, doing inside magazine illustrations for Street & Smith
Category

Mid-20th Century Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Charcoal

Formal Affair
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
western, and nature to family affairs. His first illustrations were created for pulp magazines when he
Category

1940s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Soldier and Hunter
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
many illustrators of the time, he got his first freelance illustration assignments from the pulp
Category

1940s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board, Oil

Untitled (Couple with Seascape)
By Peter Stevens
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
illustration, just as his portrait commissions were growing more successful. He was represented by Portraits
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board

Man Leading Horse
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
pulp fiction world, doing inside magazine illustrations for Street & Smith Publications in New York. In
Category

1940s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Gouache

The Watchers, Dakota Indians
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
compositions required of pulp magazine illustrations. His paintings often have more stable (even static
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Board, Oil

Three Oval Glows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of
Category

1970s Surrealist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a Fourdrinier Machine, a process
Category

1970s Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

1969 Monoprint by H. Lawrence Hoffman, Signed
Located in Larchmont, NY
Professor of Art at C.W. Post University (1967–1976). Hoffman began his career doing drawings for the pulp
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Monoprint

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a Fourdrinier Machine, a process
Category

Late 20th Century Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Keith Haring, Untitled (Baby) (Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a Fourdrinier Machine
Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Work and Play
By Gordon Grant
Located in Missouri, MO
, beaches and marines, and was an illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Work and Play
Work and Play
H 18 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
Signed Herman H.b. Vestal (1916-2007) Watercolor Painting Nautical Seascape
Located in West Chester, PA
story illustrations began to appear in pulp magazines produced by Fiction House Publications, such as
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1960s American Other Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Paper, Paint, Wood

"At the Old Stone Wall" Original Oil by Emmett Watson
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
calendar print. Framed. Watson sold most of his freelance pulp covers to the (1893- 1955) Frank A. Munsey
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1940s American Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Paint

Rare American Western Sculpture “Desert Rat” (1928) by J. Clinton Shepherd
Located in Shippensburg, PA
shifted his work to pulp magazine covers, and he created illustrations for Popular Publications and Blue
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20th Century American Vintage Pulp Art Illustration

Materials

Bronze

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Vintage Pulp Art Illustration For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact vintage pulp art illustration you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. There are many Art Deco, Pop Art and Impressionist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a vintage pulp art illustration from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right vintage pulp art illustration is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, beige, brown and orange. There have been many interesting vintage pulp art illustration examples over the years, but those made by Lorence Bjorklund, Harold McCauley, Amos Sewell, Harry Barton and Rafael DeSoto are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, board and oil paint.

How Much is a Vintage Pulp Art Illustration?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a vintage pulp art illustration in our inventory may begin at $145 and can go as high as $199,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,000.