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Amazing Stories, Book Cover
By Leo Morey
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Amazing Stories, Pulp Cover, August 1934 Exhibitions: Allentown Art Museum, At the Edge: Art of the
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1930s Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Board, Gouache

Sexy Woman in a Swamp Storm - Pulp Magazine, Hispanic Artist, Mid Century
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Miami, FL
Rafael DeSoto's full command of academic painting. DeSoto did pulp covers up until the industry's
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1950s Academic Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Board, Oil

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
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1930s American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil

The Gods of Voodoo
By Harold McCauley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
pulp cover paintings by H.J. Ward, H.W. McCauley, Virgil Finlay, and other American illustrators
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1950s Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Canvas, 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. Story of the Folies Bergere Unsigned and unframed. George Ziel was a prolific il...
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1950s Impressionist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

"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 Covers

Materials

Paint

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 Covers

Materials

Wood, Paint

Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir
Located in Miami, FL
,before establishing himself as a cover illustrator for 1950s paperbacks and pulp magazines such as Argosy
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1960s American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

Memories Of Cassanova, Paperback Cover
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover for The Memoirs of Casanova (Bantam books #FB-415, 1957): A New Edition of the French
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled (Couple with Seascape)
By Peter Stevens
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
freelance pulp covers to Popular Publication's magazine Argosy. It is remarkable that at that same time, his
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Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Board

Wonder Stories Calendar 1930s Covers by Gernsback-Frank R Paul Collectible
Located in North Hollywood, CA
covers by Gernsback-Frank R Paul cover-prophetic pulp fiction-G.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Paper

A ray of light in the forest - Solitary Man Surreal Landscape
By Hector Garrido
Located in Miami, FL
, horror and adventure book covers, including all the covers for the Baroness series of pulp novels, and
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1970s American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Acrylic

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1985 (abstract) (Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
conservation digital paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. Manufactured on a Fourdrinier
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Keith Haring, Party of Life Invitation, 1986 (Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
conservation digital paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. Manufactured on a Fourdrinier
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Keith Haring, Dog, 1985 (Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. Manufactured on a Fourdrinier Machine first
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Lithograph

1969 Monoprint by H. Lawrence Hoffman, Signed
Located in Larchmont, NY
and painter who worked in New York City. He illustrated book covers for over 25 publishing companies
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Monoprint

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
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1970s American Impressionist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A ray of light in the forest - Surreal Man in Surreal Landscape
By Hector Garrido
Located in Miami, FL
, horror and adventure book covers, including all the covers for the Baroness series of pulp novels, and
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1970s American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Acrylic

R.B. Kitaj Orgasm: drawing of woman in ecstasy with pale pink and clay red
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
inspired by film stills and pulp novel covers. In this sensual print, Kitaj chose colors related to the
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Late 20th Century Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Christmas Scene, Maxwell Coffee Advertisement
By Walter Martin Baumhofer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, "Home for Christmas..." (1945) For years, Walter Martin Baumhofer painted cover designs for the Pulps
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1940s Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Victor Olsen Sunset Scene of Sailboats Oil on Canvas
Located in Redding, CT
graphic designer. He has illustrated many national magazine covers for paperback publications and magazine
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

The Grand Finale Lobby Card Limited Edition Cel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Disney and Warner Bros. for 25 years. He has penciled covers for DC Comics’ Looney Tunes and Tiny Toons
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Signed Norman Rockwell Style Painting of Golfers by Victor Olsen
Located in Redding, CT
. He has illustrated many national pulp magazine covers for paperback publications and magazine stories
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Canvas

Richard Powers Science Fiction Landscape Modern Oil Painting on Panel Framed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Hall of Fame in 2016. He began by working in a conventional pulp-derived style, but quickly evolved a
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20th Century Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Wood

A Rash Act: erotic drawing of nude blonde, redhead, and man with art deco motifs
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
female form, often producing edgy and sensual work inspired by film stills and pulp novel covers. A
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1970s Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Victor Olsen Impasto Oil on Board of Arabs
Located in Redding, CT
graphic designer. He has illustrated many national magazine covers for paperback publications and magazine
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage SIGNED Kitaj Poster, La Fabbrica, Milan (A Life 1975) woman in red dress
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
on his pastel work Femme de Peuple II, and a pulp novel’s salacious cover. Known for his expressive
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Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Lithograph

A Life (B) R.B. Kitaj Film noir night city scene of woman in red dress
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Peuple II, and a pulp novel’s salacious cover. Known for his expressive style and charged imagery
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Jarvis Cocker Paris 1996 - Signed Limited Edition Print
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
inkjet process. Here’s some of the backstory: I already had a history with Pulp, having shot the covers
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1990s Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Jarvis Cocker In Paris 1996 - signed Limited Edition print
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
. Here’s some of the backstory: I already had a history with Pulp, having shot the covers for ‘INTRO
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1990s Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

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
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

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
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Work and Play
Work and Play
H 18 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
Secret Pattern I
By Ken Polinskie
Located in Surfside, FL
Gallery Hand Papermaking Magazine “Art of Pulp Painting” edition portfolio, 1 of 17
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20th Century Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Mixed Media

Secret Pattern I
Secret Pattern I
H 27 in W 21 in D 1.5 in
"November Morning, " Original Etching signed by Churchill Ettinger
By Churchill Ettinger
Located in Milwaukee, WI
of pulp magazines. An avid outdoorsman, Ettinger was commissioned by top sporting magazines to
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1940s Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Etching

Schlitz Beer Advertisement
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, starting with the Pulps, and at 20, sold his first picture to Liberty, a “slick” paper magazine. Talented
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Master Detective Pulp Cover Art
Located in Minneapolis, MN
in this classic action-packed pulp cover painting. This work is unsigned but was created by pulp
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1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover
By John Hilkert
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original painting by John Hilkert, which appeared as the cover of the Canadian edition of 10
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1940s American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Broken Angel
By Mel Hunter
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A ghastly and macabre pulp cover painting by Mel Hunter for the January, 1958 edition of "Mercury
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1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

The Broken Angel
The Broken Angel
H 20.5 in W 16 in D 1 in
Cartoon Humor Sled Ride
By Earle K. Bergey
Located in Minneapolis, MN
. Grapefruit Moon gallery recently purchased seven 1940s pulp cover paintings from an east coast collection
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1940s American Realist Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pulp Fiction Paperback Cover Illustration of Alfred Hitchcock
Located in Treasure Island, CA
(Frame: 25 x 18 inches) excellent condition archivally framed Illustrated: Cover, Alfred Hitchcock's
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1960s American Vintage Pulp Covers

Modern Girl Pin Up
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original pastel on illustration board by the prolific cover artist and pin-up illustrator
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Illustration Board, Pastel

untitled
By Gordon Grant
Located in Coral Gables, FL
illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective magazine in the 1930s. Skilled with
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Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

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untitled
H 21 in W 28 in
untitled
By Gordon Grant
Located in Coral Gables, FL
illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective magazine in the 1930s. Skilled with
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Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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untitled
H 21 in W 28 in
Left Bank of Desire
By Verne Tossey
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large format, lurid and iconic paperback cover painting by Verne Tossey that was used as the
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1950s Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Left Bank of Desire
Left Bank of Desire
H 39.25 in W 29.75 in D 1 in
Abstraction
Located in La Ferrière sur Risle, FR
pulp: Jean-Pierre Delarge evokes in his regard an "abstract impressionism. " It has been exhibited in
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1960s Abstract Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil

Abstraction
Abstraction
H 46.07 in W 38.98 in D 1.58 in
The Rabbis
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-sketch artist, and created many of the full-color covers for the Sunday supplement magazine. He was
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20th Century Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil

The Butlers' Ball, Argosy pulp cover
By Paul C. Stahr
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Argosy Pulp Cover, June 28, 1930
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1930s Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Butlers' Ball, Argosy Pulp Cover
By Paul C. Stahr
Located in Fort Washington, PA
" x 22.00" Argosy Pulp Cover, June 28, 1930
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1930s Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cardwell Higgins 1930's Pastel Illustration/ "Spicy Girls"
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
spicy pulp covers for depression-era Pulp titles. In the 1920's Higgins moved to California, and worked
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1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

Cardwell Higgins 1930's Pastel Illustration/ "Spicy Girls"
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
greats, Rockwell Kent, Vargas and many more! Best known for his "Spicy Girl" Portraits and pulp covers
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1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

Big Catch, Outdoor Life Magazine Cover
By Charles Dye
Located in Fort Washington, PA
. He later sold pulp covers to Popular's Adventure Magazine and Argosy. During WWII Charles Dye
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1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

Pulp Illustration
By H.W. Kiemle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
covers and interior story illustrations regularly appeared in such pulp magazines as Ace-High Magazine
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20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow, Mid Century, Latin Art Hispanic Artist
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Miami, FL
conquistador, Hernando de Soto - In 1932 he began to sell freelance cover paintings to pulp magazines, such as
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1940s American Modern Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Gouache, Board

Traffic Jam Saturday Evening Post cover, April 28, 1956
By Earl Mayan
Located in New Orleans, LA
Featured on the cover of the April 28, 1956 Saturday Evening Post, the comical illustration by
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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

Black Magic Holiday, Cover for Imaginative Tales, January 1955
By Harold McCauley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
painting, used as the cover for the January 1955 pulp digest, Imaginative Tales #3, shows a Vaudeville era
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1950s Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Real Magazine Black Sox Sports Story Illustration
By Norman Saunders
Located in Fort Washington, PA
celebrated illustrator Norm Saunders' most notable creations are his many lurid painted covers for pulp and
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Amazing Stories "Wonders of the Ancient World: Building the Great Pyramid"
By James B. Settles
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover Preliminary Illustration Original Art (Ziff-Davis, 1946). Famous magazine back cover painting by
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1940s Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Graphite, Watercolor, Board

George Harrison Wert Artist Proof Illustration Original "the Star Western"
Located in Big Flats, NY
years in Hillsborough were his most prolific. He painted covers for such pulp titles as Western Story
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20th Century American Vintage Pulp Covers

1970's Brazilian Pop Culture Mixed Media Flag TV Cowboy Mixed Media Advertising
Located in Norfolk, GB
. In Rio in the mid-1960s he became the main cover artists for pulp powerhouse Monterrey and forever
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1970s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Mixed Media

Ali vs. Frazier
By Ron Lesser
Located in New Orleans, LA
and cover art for Western pulp novels, but he is best known for his hyperrealistic pop-culture and
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20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

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Vintage Pulp Covers For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of vintage pulp covers available on 1stDibs. There are many Pop Art, modern and abstract versions of these works for sale. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage pulp covers available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes black, beige, brown, blue and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Harold McCauley, Rafael DeSoto, Ronald Brooks Kitaj, Harry Barton and James Meese are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and board.

How Much are Vintage Pulp Covers?

The average selling price for vintage pulp covers we offer is $5,200, while they’re typically $95 on the low end and $348,500 for the highest priced.