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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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Lorence Bjorklund "Fight Back or Die", original ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
pulp magazine industry by drawing pen and ink interior story illustrations. During a long and
Category

1940s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

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 Figurative Paintings

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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olsen
Located in Redding, CT
known pulp fiction illustration artist. Victor Olson (1925-2007) Redding CT. Mr. Olson was born in
Category

Vintage 1950s North American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Grzegorz Domaradzki - Pulp Fiction Set - Contemporary Cinema Film Movie Posters
By Grzegorz Domaradzki
Located in Asheville, NC
Pulp Fiction Set: Limited edition Fine Art Giclee 3 print set inspired by the characters from
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Digital, Color, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Screen

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 Figurative Paintings

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
Category

1950s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, 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
Category

1950s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
By Paul Rabut
Located in Miami, FL
he's going to arrest you. You must leave at once.'" Story illustration for "The Trinidad Treasure" by
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Ann Chernow, Pulp...Fact or Fiction, 2019, silkscreen, oil, canvas, 50 x 40 in
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Screen

Brunhilde
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Stout is a multi-media artist who has won numerous awards for his artwork in pulp fiction, dioramas for
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Brunhilde
Brunhilde
H 19.75 in W 15.6 in
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1969 Monoprint by H. Lawrence Hoffman, Signed
Located in Larchmont, NY
remainder of his career. He also taught illustration and lettering at The Cooper Union (1960-1967) and was a
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

The Return Of The Four, All Around Magazine Cover
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
36.00" All Around Magazine, Dec 1915. #872 in N.C. Wyeth Catalouge Raisonne 2008 This rare pulp
Category

1910s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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 Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

"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
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Paint

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 Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

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
Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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 Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Pleading with the Umpire"
By Gayle Porter Hoskins
Located in Fort Washington, PA
) began his career as a cartoonist working for The Denver Post at age 14. His first illustration was
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ann Chernow, Trouble, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching

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 Figurative Paintings

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 Mixed Media

Materials

Charcoal

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 Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fruit Still Life on Board attributed to William Federick Timmons
Located in Redding, CT
-2007). During the 1940s his cover illustrations appeared on pulp magazines, such as The Shadow, Clues
Category

Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Wood, Masonite

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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Peter Buchman "Now Showing”, Voice-Over Paintings Series, 2024
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
scratched out from movies or vintage pulp fiction paperbacks. It's part mystery, fool's errand, and a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

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 Figurative Paintings

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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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 Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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 Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Icecream Bean plant..., plate no. 58, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
[sweet-bean tree]. Around these beans lies a white pulp, which is very sweet and lovely. In this pulp I
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

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 Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Work and Play
Work and Play
H 18 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
Tarzan and The Lost Empire First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
frontispiece with illustration by A. W. Sperry, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black
Category

Early 20th Century American Romantic Books

Materials

Paper

Tarzan and The Lost Empire First Edition
Tarzan and The Lost Empire First Edition
H 7.6 in W 5.3 in D 1.25 in
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 Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Jungle Tales of Tarzan First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
, Some water damage to first couple of pages and page with first illustration loose and separated from
Category

Early 20th Century American Romantic Books

Materials

Paper

Jungle Tales of Tarzan First Edition
Jungle Tales of Tarzan First Edition
H 7.6 in W 5.3 in D 1.25 in
Schlitz Beer Advertisement
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
were Mahonri Young, George Wright and Monte Crews. Falter began his career in illustration early
Category

1950s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ann Chernow, Noir II, 2016, Rag Paper, Etching, ink, 11 x 14 inches per print
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching

Ann Chernow, Bad Girls Folio of Eight Etchings, 2015, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching

Ann Chernow, Red Gloves....A Sailor's Warning, 2018, silkscreen, oil, canvas
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Pencil, Screen, Canvas, Oil

Ann Chernow, Pearl, A Dancer With A Bit of Class, 2018, silkscreen, oil, canvas
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Pencil, Screen, Canvas, Oil

Ann Chernow, I'm Velma, I Did Some Warbling, 2018, silkscreen, oil, canvas
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Screen

Ann Chernow, I Want to Report a Murder...My Own, 2018, silkscreen, oil, canvas
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Screen

Ann Chernow, 1940s De Soto, 2018, silkscreen, oil, canvas, 50 x 40 inches
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Screen

Ann Chernow, Wanted, 2015, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Rag Paper

Ann Chernow, Noir II, 2016, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Rag Paper

Ann Chernow, Bad Girls, folio of eight etchings, 2015, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Rag Paper

Ann Chernow, Open Sesame, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching

Ann Chernow, Vendetta, 2015, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Rag Paper

Ann Chernow, Bad Girls Folio of Eight Etchings, 2015, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Rag Paper

Ann Chernow, Shadow of a Doubt, Triptych, 2019, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Vinyl, Pencil

Ann Chernow, Trouble, 2016, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper on rag paper, framed
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Vinyl, Rag Paper, Pencil

Ann Chernow, Sweet Dreams Baby, 2017, Lithograph, Rag paper, Ink, 28 x 33
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Lithograph

Ann Chernow, Noir I, 2015, 15 Lithographs with printed captions, Rag paper, Ink
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
they want. These characters first came to the public by way of pulp fiction, both in literature and
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Rag Paper

Pulp Fiction Paperback Cover Illustration of Alfred Hitchcock
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Unsigned Alfred Hitchcock's Murder on the Half Skull 1970 Oil, tempera on board 16 x 10 inches (Frame: 25 x 18 inches) excellent condition archivally framed Illustrated: Cover...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover
By John Hilkert
Located in Minneapolis, MN
-Story Detective Magazine in January 1943, provides an intriguing window into little known moment in pulp
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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The average selling price for a pulp illustration we offer is $4,840, while they’re typically $450 on the low end and $33,000 for the highest priced.