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Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century pulp art portrait of a somber clown with a yellow shirt, red hair and a red nose
Category

1960s Outsider Art Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

Woman in Yellow Evening Dress, Mid Century Modern Pulp Art Figurative Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful pulp art figurative portrait of a brunette woman in formal yellow evening gown with
Category

1960s American Impressionist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

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
Category

1960s American Impressionist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic, Cardboard

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 Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Board, Oil

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 Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pulp by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
By Kevin Westenberg
Located in London, GB
Pulp 1996 by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation
Category

1990s Modern Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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 Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

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...
Category

1950s Impressionist Retro Pulp Art

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 June 1868), was a British adventurer whose exploits in the Malay Archipelago made him...
Category

1950s Photorealist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Gouache

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
By Paul Rabut
Located in Miami, FL
Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single
Category

1950s American Realist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Mixed Media

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

1950s North American Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

1980s Abstract Expressionist Pop Art Painting Collage, Assemblage Hugh O'Donnell
By Hugh O'Donnell
Located in Surfside, FL
screen painting in the Momoyama period at the Royal College of Art in 1979. Although he had been
Category

1980s Pop Art Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper

The Grand Finale Lobby Card Limited Edition Cel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
animation art collection of Jerry Beck. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Juan Ortiz has been an illustrator/designer for
Category

1980s Pop Art Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Love in the Midst, Magazine Illustration
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Post and become known as a pulp illustrator. His work depicting life in the old west earned him his
Category

1950s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Memories Of Cassanova, Paperback Cover
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
a pulp illustrator. His work depicting life in the old west earned him his reputation of Dean of
Category

1950s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Schlitz Beer Advertisement
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Plattsmouth and reared in Falls City, Nebraska. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, the Art Students
Category

1950s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dog print by California Funk "nut art" painter world renowned for dog portraits
By Roy De Forest
Located in New York, NY
compositions indicated the direction his art would take. A love of pulp fiction and poetry alike inspired
Category

1980s Surrealist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Rash Act: erotic drawing of nude blonde, redhead, and man with art deco motifs
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
. Green and purple patterns on hair and pillows, and art deco motifs, adorn this sensual print. A nude
Category

1970s Realist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Lithograph

PLATE
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Aventura, FL
prints which referenced commercial art and popular culture icons like Mickey Mouse. Composed using Ben
Category

1970s Pop Art Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

PLATE
PLATE
H 17 in W 17 in D 2 in
Apache
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Bullfighter
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Pan from Behind
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Blue Boy
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Huck Finn
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
was the first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Valentine
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
was the first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Pan
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
of photographs. The artist was the first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Pink Flowers, Water Colors
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Pearl, Water Colors
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Cadet
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Willow Tree
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
Category

1960s Other Art Style Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

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
Category

1980s Pop Art Retro Pulp Art

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 Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Lithograph

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 Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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
Category

1970s American Realist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Acrylic

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1982 (mermaid with dolphin) (Framed)
By Keith Haring
Located in Manchester, GB
250gsm conservation digital paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. Manufactured on
Category

1980s Pop Art Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Lithograph

Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, 1967/2022 (hot pink)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Manchester, GB
versatile high quality paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is
Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Lithograph

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
Category

1970s American Realist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Acrylic

Interior
By Alfred McNamara
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Ash Can School in the 1920’s and 1930’s. During the 1930’s, he received his basic art training
Category

1970s Cubist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Interior
Interior
H 30 in W 36 in D 5 in
Jeanne Gentry Keck, Persimmon and Perception, Oil on Canvas, 1996
Located in Boston, MA
straw, lint, paper, foam core, wood pulp, celluclay, cotton, velvet, fur and various found objects."
Category

1990s Contemporary Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Relics 2 Elaborately Constructed Vintage Color Photograph Surrealist Image
By Jane Calvin
Located in Surfside, FL
Calvin was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was an avid art collector and Calvin was brought up in
Category

1980s Surrealist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

C Print

Untitled (Couple with Seascape)
By Peter Stevens
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Stevens, an ex-patriot American WWI veteran, who had studied art in Europe and had remained there to work
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Board

Soldier Shooting Gun with Bikini Girls, Mid-Century Mens Magazine War
By Mort Künstler
Located in Miami, FL
the action pulp magazine. Signed lower right and signed on titled, dated on verso with a revision from
Category

1960s Realist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Board, Gouache, Pencil

"Abstraction, " Douglass Morse Howell, mixed media, 1966, handmade paper
By Douglass Morse Howell
Located in Wiscasset, ME
possibilities of paper itself." Howell himself began creating paper art, or papetries, with inclusions of fiber
Category

1960s Abstract Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Mixed Media

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 Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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
Category

1950s Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

The Watchers, Dakota Indians
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
the West as reference for his art. In 1916 he began four years of night classes at the Cooper Union
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Well Meaning Kidnapper
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
years. Evenings were spent studying art, and vacations consisted of trips up and down the Pacific Coast
Category

1950s Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Three Men Questioning Boy
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
art, and vacations consisted of trips up and down the Pacific Coast, sketching and etching. In 1931
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Charcoal

Danielle Bodine "Medusa Tree" Mixed Media, Abstract Free Form Signed
Located in Detroit, MI
exhibited in museums, galleries and art centers throughout the U.S. and is included in many private and
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Mixed Media

From the series “Creatio Continua I” Conceptual Oil and Marble Dust Painting
By Krzysztof Gliszczyński
Located in Salzburg, AT
matter, virtually degraded and not belonging to the realm of art. And yet the matter re-enters it
Category

1990s Conceptual Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Marble

Coming Alive, Abstract Large-Scale Etching in Earthtones
By Pierre Marie Brisson
Located in Soquel, CA
glues the paper to a heavy raw pulp paper. He coats a layer of Carbon Silcate paste to another sheet of
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Oil, Printer's Ink, Etching

Bathers
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Sheffield, MA
Art Students League (where, however, he later taught) than in exposing him to the commercial art world
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Oil

Bathing Group
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Sheffield, MA
studies at the Art Students League (where, however, he later taught) than in exposing him to the
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Oil

LANDSCAPE 8
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Aventura, FL
American artist known for his paintings and prints which referenced commercial art and popular culture
Category

1960s Pop Art Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Mylar

LANDSCAPE 8
LANDSCAPE 8
H 19.625 in W 11.125 in
Iosis, Synergic Painting - Conceptual Encaustic Painting On Canvas XL Format
By Krzysztof Gliszczyński
Located in Salzburg, AT
matter, virtually degraded and not belonging to the realm of art. And yet the matter re-enters it
Category

1990s Conceptual Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Encaustic, Pigment, Canvas

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 Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, 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
Category

1990s Modern Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

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
Category

1990s Modern Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Caput Mortuum - Conceptual Encaustic Oil Painting, Marble Dust Ash On Canvas XXL
By Krzysztof Gliszczyński
Located in Salzburg, AT
matter, virtually degraded and not belonging to the realm of art. And yet the matter re-enters it
Category

1990s Conceptual Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Marble

LITHO/LITHO
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Aventura, FL
American artist known for his paintings and prints which referenced commercial art and popular culture
Category

1970s Pop Art Retro Pulp Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

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How Much is a Retro Pulp Art?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a piece of retro pulp art in our inventory may begin at $495 and can go as high as $35,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,780.