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Rudy NappiBackwoods Hussy, Paperback Cover1952
1952
$11,500
£8,555.06
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NOK 118,443.65
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Date: 1952
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 22.25" x 16.25"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This classic Nappi painting was first published as the cover for Backwoods Hussy by Hallam Whitney (PBO, Original books #723 (1952): Passion and hate in the Florida scrub country! It was also used as the cover painting for the reprinted edition, Star Novel #762 (1956), published under the same title with only a minor change to the cover blurb: Passion and desire in the Florida scrub country!
- Creator:Rudy Nappi (1923 - 2015, American)
- Creation Year:1952
- Dimensions:Height: 22.25 in (56.52 cm)Width: 16.25 in (41.28 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fort Washington, PA
- Reference Number:Seller: 10151stDibs: LU38431710983
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