Pulp Paperback
Pulp Paperbacks (All the Way)
By Holly Farrell
Located in Lincoln, MA
acrylic and oil paint on board
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
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
H 14 in W 10 in D 1 in
Memories Of Cassanova, Paperback Cover
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Translation by Lowell Blair
Memoirs of Casanova, Paperback Cover, 1957
Tom Lovell had an extreme
Category
1950s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Paintings
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
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache
H 18.6 in W 20.2 in D 1 in
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
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
H 27.5 in W 23.25 in D 0.75 in
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
A Load of Fuss...10 year Commemorative Box Set by The Connor Brothers
By The Connor Brothers
Located in Battle, East Sussex
screen varnish editions (33 x 22 inches)
1 x hand coloured pigment print form the Pulp Fictions series
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Pigment, Archival Paper
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
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Pair of Early 20th Century Ceramic Barbotine Seashells Wall Hanging Plates
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful pair of Majolica wall hanging plates was sculpted in France, circa 1920. Perfect for a seaside beach home, these colorful ceramic plates are embellished with seashells ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Decorative Art
Materials
Majolica
Keith Haring, Dog, 1985 (Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
Keith Haring, Dog, 1985 (Framed)
48 x 63cm
Giclée print on matt 250gsm conservation digital paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. Manufactured on a Fourdrini...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Ogawa Kazumasa, Haerbaceous Paeony, from Some Japanese Flowers
Located in Manchester, GB
Ogawa Kazumasa, Haerbaceous Paeony, from Some Japanese Flowers
Giclee print on Matt 250gsm conservation paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp
Paper size: 100 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Giclée
Vintage AVON WM Rogers Silver Plate and Copper Water Pitcher 3617
By Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co.
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A vintage Avon WM Rogers silver plate water pitcher. With a little shining, this would be a gorgeous piece for use at a dinner party, or even as a vase.
Dimensions:
8.25" Tall
8.5"...
Category
20th Century American Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper, Silver Plate
Ruby Red Glass Goblet Pair by Avon from 1876 Cape Cod Collection circa 1975
Located in Munster, IN
Jewel-toned extravagance! These gorgeous ruby red goblets are the perfect way to add vibrant color and elegant design to your collection. The weighty, thick-walled glass is in excell...
Category
Vintage 1970s Rococo Glass
Materials
Glass
H 5.25 in W 2.88 in D 2.88 in
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
Andrianna Shamaris Triple Burnt Erosion Teak Wood Sculpture
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Erosion organic teak sculptures burnt black. Great as art installations in sets of three or more. Please view the final image of a collection in 1 Hotel South Beach, Miami, which we ...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Ruby Red Glass Goblet Set by Avon from 1876 Cape Cod Collection circa 1975
Located in Munster, IN
Jewel-toned extravagance! These gorgeous ruby red goblets are the perfect way to add vibrant color and elegant design to your collection. The weighty, thick-walled glass is in excell...
Category
Vintage 1970s Rococo Glass
Materials
Glass
H 4.63 in W 2.25 in D 2.25 in
Pan from Behind
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This artwork ...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Blue Boy
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This artwork ...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
1970s Two Sculptural Candle Holders Avon New York
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Modern Candle Holders Avon New York
Set of 2
3.5 diameter x 1.75 h/ candle 1 diameter
Stainless Steel
Stamped by maker
Preowned original vintage condition
Refer to images.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Jon Gilmore Square Frame Golden Mirror
By Jim Gilmore
Located in Hanover, MA
Square wall mirror in round-edged frame which is clad with slim strips of gold acrylic mirror tile giving it a shimmering sparkly disco mirror ball effect.
John Gilm...
John Gilm...
Category
Late 20th Century American Wall Mirrors
Andy Warhol illustration art 1967 (Andy Warhol film culture)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol 1967:
Film Culture magazine, 1967 featuring cover art by Andy Warhol. Warhol designed the cover using portraits taken in a photo booth for the cover and inside pages. Fea...
Category
1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
H 12 in W 9 in D 0.2 in
Andy Warhol Designed Record Covers (Set of 4 LPs)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
A collection of 4 LPs with individual cover art designed by Andy Warhol. Featuring the following recording artists & albums:
- Aretha by Aretha Franklin
- Menlove Ave. (compilation a...
Category
1980s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Offset
The Martian Chronicles, Signed by Ray Bradbury, Limited Edition #1195/2000
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Avon: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Signed by Ray Bradbury and Joseph Mugnaini. Limited Edition #1,195/2,000. Quarto, original silk-screened...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
H 11.13 in W 1.75 in D 8 in
Rare Mid Century Modern Art Abstract Drip Oil Painting After Jackson Pollock 60s
By (after) Jackson Pollock
Located in Peoria, AZ
RARE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WORK!
MODERN ART
CUT & LAYERED
INCREDIBLE WOOD
DRIP TECHNIQUE
OIL PAINTING!
After Jackson Pollock
DIMENSIONS: Approximately 26" x 24" x 2"
This i...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 26 in W 24 in D 2 in
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Sci-Fi Pulp Paperback Style Painting
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Signed "R.G."
Untitled Portait of an Alien Female With Yin Yang Symbol
circa 1945
oil on canvas board
12 x 16 inches (Frame: 23.5 x 20 inches)
excellent condition
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
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
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
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Cover
By Thomas Allen
Located in New York, NY
these three-dimensional experiences by using mid century books and pulp fiction paperbacks as still life
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
19-4M (GOLDEN TICKET)
By Thomas Allen
Located in New York, NY
-dimensional experiences by using old books and pulp fiction paperbacks as still life subjects.
In producing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Pigment
CI_127 (PURPLE RAIN)
By Thomas Allen
Located in New York, NY
, Allen became interested in recreating these three-dimensional experiences by using old books and pulp
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Fulton Ryder After Dark
By Richard Prince
Located in Toronto, Ontario
massive collection of American postwar literature. He began appropriating pulp fiction paperback covers
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
A Load of Fuss - 10 year Commemorative Box Set By The Connor Brothers
By The Connor Brothers
Located in Battle, East Sussex
screen varnish editions (33 x 22 inches)
1 x hand coloured pigment print form the Pulp Fictions series
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marihuana
By Bill Fleming
Located in Minneapolis, MN
name of William Irish. An early and iconic pulp paperback cover.
This original illustration is a
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Vintage Pulp Fiction Paperback Cover Painting
By Barye Phillips
Located in Treasure Island, CA
successful illustrators of paperback covers during the heyday of the American pulp fiction paperback. He
Category
Vintage 1950s American Paintings
Materials
Board
Trailer Camp Woman
Located in Minneapolis, MN
the kind of fine line between truth and titillation sleaze that pulp paperback publishers monetized in
Category
1960s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Hell Cat
By Harry Barton
Located in Minneapolis, MN
imagery that helped draw readers to the taboo and lurid stories put out by pulp paperback publishers
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Spicy Pulp Beer Hall Girl
By Earle K. Bergey
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A rare surviving oil on canvas pulp magazine cover painting by Earle K. Bergey for the August 1933
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
House Party
By Edward Moritz
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Pulp and paperback artist Edward Mortiz created this sultry blonde in full on hot mess mode
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Canvas, Oil
Teen-Age Gangs
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pulp-fiction paperback art.
Sight Size 19 1/2" X 30 1/2"
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mambo to Murder
By Harry Barton
Located in Minneapolis, MN
paperback Mambo To Murder, one half of the double sided Ace Double Novel D-109. Private eye Joe Moran, who
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
The Path Between
By Paul Rader
Located in Minneapolis, MN
On offer is a lurid and provocative paperback book cover painting by Paul Rader for The Path
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Consumed by the Flames
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
appears out of the flames behind her.
In the 1950s DeSoto created many paperback book covers for such
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Pin-up and the P.I.
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
focus on his work.
In the 1950s DeSoto created many paperback book covers for such publishers as Ace
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Teen-Age Terror
By James Meese
Located in Minneapolis, MN
delinquency told in actual cases of violence and sex," and the image is a masterpiece of dark macabre pulp
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Cry Shame
By Harry Bennett
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original gouache painting by Harry Bennett was used as cover art for the Pyramid paperback
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache
Paula Has A Price
By Fred Rodewald
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A Price!"; by pulp author Peggy Gaddis (writing under the pseudonym Perry Lindsay). Included with
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Love Knows No Barriers
By James Avati
Located in Minneapolis, MN
An important and technically masterful large format paperback cover oil painting by James Avati
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ground Control
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
In the 1960s, after a successful career as a pulp and later paperback cover artist, Harold McCauley
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Carnival of Lust
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
the 1959 Nightstand digest pulp novel Carnival of Lust by J.X. Williams. In this offering a near-nude
Category
1950s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carney's Burlesque
By Walter Popp
Located in Minneapolis, MN
paperback publishers Uni-books; a reissue of a British pulp story that changed both the name of the
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1955 "Mens Magazine" Illustration by Ed Balcourt
Located in Hudson, NY
ARGOSY, ESQUIRE and Pulp Paperback Book Covers by Mystery Crime Writer Mike Shayne etc.
Born in 1922, he
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
The Scarlet Slippers
By James Meese
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Johnny & Suzy Marshall are the protagonists of a series of pulp paperback mystery potboilers
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Occult
By Paul Lehr
Located in Minneapolis, MN
primarily worked creating paperback book covers, but also contributed several covers for this Popular
Category
1970s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
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Pulp Paperback For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate pulp paperback for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find modern examples as well as a Pop Art version. If you’re looking for a pulp paperback 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 21st Century. Adding a pulp paperback to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of beige, black, brown and more. There have been many interesting pulp paperback examples over the years, but those made by James Avati, Harry Barton, Holly Farrell, Tom Lovell and The Connor Brothers are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and board.
How Much is a Pulp Paperback?
The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a pulp paperback in our inventory may begin at $3,240 and can go as high as $13,500, while the average can fetch as much as $5,500.
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