Detective Magazine
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
Fisherman's Luck Original Oil Painting by Charles De Feo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
, illustrating covers for sport and detective magazines. During the 1940s and 1950s, he created magnificent game
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir
Located in Miami, FL
adventure magazine depicting the instant a soldier is shot. The big point of the painting is how
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache
H 18.6 in W 20.2 in D 1 in
Sexy Woman in a Swamp Storm - Pulp Magazine, Hispanic Artist, Mid Century
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Miami, FL
demise in the 1950s for such magazines as Adventure, Argosy, Black Mask, Captain Zero, Crack Detective
Category
1950s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
H 13.75 in W 10.5 in D 1 in
El Caso
By Christian Boltanski
Located in Surfside, FL
artist from the Spanish detective magazine El Caso. [Ref. Bob Calle - Christian Boltanski Artist's Books
Category
1980s Conceptual Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Original poster Qui ? Police Scandal broke out in Hollywood
Located in PARIS, FR
Le Nouveau Détective is a French weekly crime magazine founded by Gaston Gallimard in 1928 under
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Street Violinist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
pulp magazines, such as Detective Book, Five-Novels Monthly, Top-Notch, War Stories, Western Story, and
Category
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christmas Scene, Maxwell Coffee Advertisement
By Walter Martin Baumhofer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, such as Adventure magazine, Street & Smith’s magazines, and Popular Publication’s titles. He developed
Category
1940s Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Puzzle in Poison, by Anthony Berkeley
Located in Middletown, NY
Detective Fiction, pp 28-30]
Condition: Fine in Fine dust-jacket.
The second American edition of this
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Capturing Light: Photographic Innovations of the Late 19th Century, 1897
Located in Langweer, NL
. **A camera with a plate magazine** allowing for multiple exposures before needing to reload.
4. **A
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
H 8.55 in W 10.87 in D 0.02 in
The Grand Finale Lobby Card Limited Edition Cel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
magazines. He is also the publisher of his own comic book series, Silver Comics, seen in the Disney
Category
1980s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Dirty Harry
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster Life Magazine advance style B this poster was is one of the rarest posters
Category
Vintage 1970s Posters
Materials
Paper
Young Woman Walking On The Beach Large Painting
By Felix Mas
Located in Delray Beach, FL
drew the detective story Lt. Kane for T.V. Heroes. During the 1960s Mas worked in Scandinavia as an
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"The Lineup"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the CBS-TV Detective Series `The Lineup` (1954-60) starring
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen, Color Pencil
Fruit Still Life on Board attributed to William Federick Timmons
Located in Redding, CT
Sports, Clues Detective Stories, Thrilling Western, and All Aces Magazine.
He and his wife moved to a
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood, Masonite
Rosa Amarilla Three Women Portrait Painting
By Felix Mas
Located in Delray Beach, FL
detective story Lt. Kane for T.V. Heroes. During the 1960s Mas worked in Scandinavia as an illustrator. He
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Andy Warhol Most Wanted Men (Warhol John Joseph H., Jr. screen-print & catalog)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
culture. Like any good detective story, the origins of Andy Warhol’s Most Wanted series involve a series
Category
1960s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph, Offset, Screen
"At the Old Stone Wall" Original Oil by Emmett Watson
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Publishing Company for Argosy, Big Chief Western, Detective Fiction Weekly, and Railroad Stories. Emmett
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Marina Large Pink Oil Painting With Woman and Sail Boats
By Felix Mas
Located in Delray Beach, FL
romance comics for companies like Fleetway and Valentine. He also drew the detective story Lt. Kane for
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Playa Amarillo Women In A Dreamy Setting
By Felix Mas
Located in Delray Beach, FL
working for various romance comics for companies like Fleetway and Valentine. He also drew the detective
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Nude Woman - Mid 20th Century Nude Still Life Oil Painting by Arnold Beauvais
By Arnold Beauvais
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
, magazine illustrations, advertisements, cartoons and jigsaw puzzles.
During the 20s he also sang opera
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 23.63 in W 32.29 in D 2.17 in
WATTS TOWER
By Gloria Stuart
Located in Santa Monica, CA
what Stuart later dismissed as “stupid parts with nothing to do” — “girl reporter, girl detective, girl
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Allegory of Defense Industry (figurative male illustration)
By Frank Godwin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
choice is yours and at your discretion.
Biography:
Frank Godwin was a prominent painter, magazine
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Set of 7 Cal Schenkel 1979 Silkscreen Lithographs Captain Beefheart Frank Zappa
Located in Dayton, OH
Krazy Kat and by Mad magazine,[1] had by 1967 developed its own ""primitive"" ""ragged"" surrealist
Category
Vintage 1970s Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
H 26 in W 0.125 in D 20 in
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Woman in Black Dress Pulp Art Portrait/Couple Dancing Figurative, 2 sided
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful two-sided mid century pulp art figurative painting of a woman at party in black evening gown and formal gloves, and on verso couple dancing by unknown artist, circa 1960s. ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Cardboard
H 29.5 in W 23.5 in D 1.5 in
Silly Symphony
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster, for Walt Disney's 1933 animation.
This is an exceptionally rare poster with very few known to have survived.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Posters
Materials
Paper
Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth Totem By Raymond Williams
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chief Shakes Raven pole by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth artist Raymond Williams. This finely crafted model totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth master carver Raymond Williams, the fat...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
"Full Sail"
By Gordon Grant
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully rendered watercolor of a sailing ship under full sail in good original condition. Very slight fading or toning. Signed lower right and recently gallery framed with rope ...
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ogawa Kazumasa, Tree Peony, from Some Japanese Flowers
Located in Manchester, GB
Ogawa Kazumasa, Tree Peony, from Some Japanese Flowers
Giclee print on Matt 250gsm conservation paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp
Paper size: 100 x 100 cm...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Native American Cochiti Painted Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Cochiti drum with sides painted in rust, white and black. Made of wood and hide.
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Southwest, Cochiti
Size: 9"D x 8.5"H
Family O...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover
By Peter Driben
Located in Miami, FL
Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover
signed lower left
some foxing throughout
work is framed
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Native American Cochiti Painted Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Small Native American Cochiti painted drum with sides painted in mustard yellow and blue with black striping. Made of wood and hide.
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Southwest, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Wood
Straw Wicker Woven Rush Chair Midcentury Jean Michel Frank Style, 1930, France
By Jean-Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
Straw wicker woven rush chair midcentury Jean Michel Frank style, 1930, France.
Woven chair that shows fine workmanship. Beautifully woven with patina throughout.
Sycomore
Sourc...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Sycamore, Straw
H 22.45 in W 20.87 in D 31.89 in
19th Century Northern Plains Hair Drop
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains hair drop with red beading with accents on hide, long quilled drops ending in tin cones with red feather fluffs, long black horsehair drop now doubled up on beading.
...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Hide, Beads, Feathers
"The Emigrants" Frederic Remington Chromolithograph, circa 1910
By Frederic Remington
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a chromolithograph of "The Emigrants" by Frederic Remington. The print includes Remington's printed signature in the bottom right. The composition depicts a group of Native A...
Category
Vintage 1910s American Prints
Materials
Paper
JOHN TRAVOLTA: PULP FICTION TO PHENOMENON
By Steve Kaufman
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Silkscreen with Embellishment by the Artist on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Edi...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sailor with Rope (Figurative Painting of a Man by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic, nautical style figurative oil painting of a handsome sailor against an ocean landscape
"Sailor with Rope" painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to th...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chippewa Pictorial Bark Canoe
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chippewa pictorial canoe. Fully slated, having four grouse, four rabbits and leaf design. Bark varies in color from a light tan to a mid-tone brown. Circa 1930. Minor damage to one r...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Objects
Materials
Wood, Birch
Native American Parfleche Box, Sioux, 19th Century Painted Hide Plains
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Antique Sioux (Native American/Plains Indian) Parfleche in a box form constructed of rawhide and intricately painted in an abstract design with hourglass and geometric motifs with na...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Hide
Miniature Longcase Rocking Ship Clock by Sinclair Harding.
By Sinclair Harding
Located in Amersham, GB
Made by one of the last great english clock makers working in a traditional manner. This miniature longcase has an eight day weight driven movement with an automaton rocking ship in ...
Category
Vintage 1980s English George III Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass, Steel
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Master Detective Pulp Cover Art
Located in Minneapolis, MN
illustrator Melville A. Phillips for the cover of the October, 1953 issue of Master Detective magazine (Vol
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
untitled
By Gordon Grant
Located in Coral Gables, FL
illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective magazine in the 1930s. Skilled with
Category
Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
untitled
By Gordon Grant
Located in Coral Gables, FL
illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective magazine in the 1930s. Skilled with
Category
Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Vertigo" Film Poster, 1958
Located in London, GB
Saul Bass (1920-1996). Premiere Magazine voted ‘Vertigo’ #3 on its list of "The 25 Best Movie Posters
Category
Vintage 1950s American Posters
Skating
By John Drew
Located in Minneapolis, MN
incense burners and lamps and on the covers of many of the 1920s stylish art deco magazines such as Vogue
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
In The Underground - Anro - 21st Century Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Moscow, RU
a series of graphic works "The New World", the "The New World" magazine’s pages (the magazine of the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Crimson Crimes of the Lustful Ladies!
By Howell Dodd
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Fact Detective magazine cover
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache, Tempera
Curly Locks, Good Housekeeping Magazine
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Labeled "No. 2152 Good Housekeeping Magazine Illustration Mother Goose drawing 'Curly Locks' for January
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
El Caso
By Christian Boltanski
Located in Surfside, FL
artist from the Spanish detective magazine El Caso. [Ref. Bob Calle - Christian Boltanski Artist's Books
Category
Conceptual Figurative Photography
Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow, Mid Century, Latin Art Hispanic Artist
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Miami, FL
statement. This Noir Illustration was done on assignment for Dime Detective cover, when "There's a Will
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
The Explorer oil on canvas by Ed DeLavy
Located in Paonia, CO
variety of of pulp magazines such as Detective Novel, Exciting Western. Five-Novels,Giant Western,The
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pulp Illustration
By H.W. Kiemle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
of the pulp magazine Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine.
Over the next ten years his
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
English Original large impressionist oil painting of PORT ISAAC CORNWALL C.1965
By Arnold Beauvais
Located in Cirencester, GB
opened a studio and produced film posters, magazine illustrations, advertisements, cartoons and jigsaw
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arnold BeauvaisEnglish Original large impressionist oil painting of PORT ISAAC CORNWALL C.1965, 1965
H 19.3 in W 37.41 in D 2.37 in
Das Schwartzende Herz - Rare Book Illustrated by A. Kubin- 1909
Located in Roma, IT
illustrated the German fantasy magazine Der Orchideengarten.
Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, 1809 – Baltimora, 1849
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist More Art
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
H 9.06 in W 7.09 in D 0.4 in
Das Feuerpferd und Anderen Novellen - Rare Book Illustrated by A.Kubin - 1910
Located in Roma, IT
the German fantasy magazine Der Orchideengarten.
Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, 1809 – Baltimora, 1849
Category
1910s Symbolist More Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving
H 9.85 in W 6.7 in D 0.4 in
In Glen Nevis - 19th Century Landscape Oil Painting Fishing Scottish Highlands
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
Strand Magazine that was to make him famous. In 1891 Paget began illustrating the Sherlock Holmes stories
Category
Late 19th Century English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Troubles a Bubble
By Keith Carrington
Located in Delray Beach, FL
detective who used her skills and supply of devices to solve crimes.
The artist incorporates the concept of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton, Fabric, Sequins
"Winnie the Pooh" with Signature by A. A. Milne, First and Early UK Editions
By A.A. Milne
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
detective story The Red House Mystery, were enormously successful. Ernest Howard Shepard showed aptitude for
Category
Vintage 1920s English Books
Materials
Paper
"The Tuft of Hair" Murder Mystery, Original Painting for Magazine Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic scene in black and white of detectives investigating a murder by Charles Kingham (American
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
H 25 in W 36 in D 0.75 in
Untitled (Color Fade Woman with Lavender Vines and Golden Berries)
By Daisy Patton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
early years reading adventure and detective tales, history and art history books, and ghost stories
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Archival Pigment
Aquarium
By Gordon Grant
Located in New Orleans, LA
, and was an illustrator whose work included pulp fiction for "Popular Detective" in the 1930s. Skilled
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne, Deluxe Edition Set, in 4 Volumes, 1925-1928
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, including the popular detective story The Red House Mystery, were enormously successful. Ernest Howard
Category
Vintage 1920s English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8 in W 5.38 in D 4.25 in
Dead On Delivery
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
preliminary artwork for a completed cover for the February 1945 issue of Dime Detective Magazine. A sleepy
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Blaze of Glory
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
appeared on the October, 1934 issue of Black Book Detective Magazine, with an occult scene evoking the
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
15 Story Detective Pulp Cover
By Norman Saunders
Located in Minneapolis, MN
October, 1950 issue of the pulp magazine 15 Story Detective; a Popular Publications title. The scene is a
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Photograph of Comic Books at a Newstand, 1948
Located in Hudson, NY
the images are Superman #53, "The Origin of Superman" issue, and Detective Comics #137, along with
Category
Vintage 1940s American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Absinthe
By Lejaren Hiller
Located in Minneapolis, MN
), titled Absinthe, for Flynn's Weekly Detective Fiction Magazine - April 21, 1928. Between 1924 and 1939
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Illustration Board
"Vertigo" Film Poster, 1996
Located in London, GB
Saul Bass (1920-1996). Premiere Magazine voted ‘Vertigo’ #3 on its list of "The 25 Best Movie
Category
1990s American Posters
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