Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
H 15 in W 10 in D 0.2 in
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
H 10 in W 10 in D 0.2 in
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache
H 18.6 in W 20.2 in D 1 in
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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
1950s North American Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Wood, Paint
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
H 14 in W 10 in D 1 in
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Board, Oil
H 13.75 in W 10.5 in D 1 in
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Mixed Media
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Monoprint
H 27.5 in W 23.25 in D 0.75 in
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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
1940s American Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Board, Oil
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Board, Oil
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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"Jack Sprat Had a Cat, " Famed 1911 Nursery Rhyme Illustration
By Carle Michel Boog
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with high good humor and a measure of slyness, this famed illustration of Jack Sprat and his cat with basket in hand, was painted in watercolor and gouache by Swedish-America...
Category
Early 20th Century American Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Watercolor
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
1950s American Native American Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Cedar
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
1930s French Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Paper
Bruce of Los Angeles Vintage Original Male Physique Photograph of Carl Venus
By Bruce of Los Angeles, Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an important 25 plus year collection of male physique and beefcake, printed in the 1960s, signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. This image is of ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Other
H 20 in W 16 in D 1.25 in
"Bluebonnet Time Hill Country Frame Size: 35 x 41 Bluebonnets, Poppies, Oak Tree
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas
(1910-1973)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 27 x 33
Frame Size: 35 x 41
Medium: Oil On Canvas
Late 1940s-Early 1950s
"Bluebonnet Time" Texas Hill Country Landscape
Bi...
Category
1950s Impressionist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Cardboard
H 29.5 in W 23.5 in D 1.5 in
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil
Pomegranate-original modern hyper realism still life painting-contemporary Art
By Angela Faustina
Located in London, Chelsea
Angela Faustina's "Pomegranate" captivates viewers with its hyperrealistic portrayal of the intricate beauty found within this exotic fruit. As an original still life painting execut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil, Board
Free Shipping
H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 1.58 in
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 gloves by unknown California artist, circa 1960s. Unsigned. Acquired as part of Women wi...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
H 24 in W 18 in D 0.25 in
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Giclée
"Head Em Home", Mid Century Cowboy on Horse Western Figurative Landscape
By Stanley M. Long
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century figurative landscape of a cowboy on his horse at sundown titled "Head Em Home" by Stanley M. Long (American, 1892-1972). Signed “Stanley M. Long” in bottom right corner. ...
Category
1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
H 29 in W 37.25 in D 1 in
Sailor playing the accordion oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Albert Roca (1945) - Sailor playing the accordion oil on board painting
Medidas óleo 62x46 cm.
Medidas marco 73x57 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization h...
Category
1990s Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Board, Oil
St John's College, Cambridge Wren Bridge watercolour by G F Nicholls
By George Frederick Nicholls
Located in London, GB
George Frederick Nicholls (1850-1935)
Magdalen College from the Cherwell, Oxford
Watercolour
37 x 24 cm
Many of Nicholls' paintings are of the Cotswolds and Oxford. He painted the i...
Category
Early 20th Century Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Watercolor
Feathered Sapphire: The Blue Swallow – A Vieillot Hand-Colored Print from 1807
Located in Langweer, NL
This exceptional antique bird print, entitled "L'Hirondelle bleue", features a resplendent illustration of a blue swallow, a species yet to be fully identified. This large, hand-fini...
Category
Early 19th Century Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 20.28 in W 13.55 in D 0.02 in
Pink Flowers, Water Colors
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
C Print
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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
1960s American Vintage Pulp Illustration
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Pulp Fiction' Original Vintage French Movie Poster by Bernard Bittler, 1994
Located in Devon, GB
Stark graphic impact of Bernard Bittler's retro pulp-magazine style illustration against the blood red
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 62 in W 46.13 in D 0.1 in
Modern Girl Pin Up
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original pastel on illustration board by the prolific cover artist and pin-up illustrator
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Illustration Board, Pastel
Nude Contemplation
By Harry T. Fisk
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Illustration pulp artist Harry Fisk. Artwork bears the original Salmagundi Club Curator's Exhibit label which
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
The Broken Angel
By Mel Hunter
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A ghastly and macabre pulp cover painting by Mel Hunter for the January, 1958 edition of "Mercury
Category
1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Left Bank of Desire
By Verne Tossey
Located in Minneapolis, MN
culture pulp novel tells the story of dissolute ex-pats who become enamored of bohemian culture and vice
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
The Rabbis
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fiction, Story Illustration, Portraiture, Black & White Line Art, Charcoal Sketches, Color, Crayon, Dry
Category
20th Century Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil
Pulp Illustration
By H.W. Kiemle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
covers and interior story illustrations regularly appeared in such pulp magazines as Ace-High Magazine
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pulp Illustration
By Howard Hastings
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 32.25" x 24.25"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lorence Bjorklund "Don Hurricane", original ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931
Category
1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
H 15 in W 10 in D 0.2 in
Lorence Bjorklund "Firebrand's Brothill Bounty", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
Lorence Bjorklund "Smokey Serenade", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
H 15 in W 10 in D 0.2 in
Lorence Bjorklund "The Sheriff of Powder Rock", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
the "Wild West".
Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
H 13.25 in W 10 in D 0.2 in
Lorence Bjorklund "Gun Shots of Skeleton Canyon", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
"Wild West".
Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
H 14.25 in W 10 in D 0.2 in
Lorence Bjorklund "Shawn of the Gun Pack", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
Lorence Bjorklund "The Whistlin' Kids ... Trail", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial art
Category
1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
Lorence Bjorklund "Sonny Tabor's Silver Handcuffs", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
West".
Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After
Category
1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
Lorence Bjorklund "Gold Robbers of Cutthroat Gulch", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
pulp illustrations. After finishing high school in 1931 he moved to Brooklyn to study commercial art
Category
1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
Lorence Bjorklund "A Gun Lawyer for CJ", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
the "Wild West".
Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
H 15 in W 10 in D 0.2 in
Traffic Jam Saturday Evening Post cover, April 28, 1956
By Earl Mayan
Located in New Orleans, LA
at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, joining the field of pulp illustration after his graduation in
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil, Board
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Board
Cardwell Higgins 1930's Pastel Illustration/ "Spicy Girls"
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Did illustrations for many venues, but best known for his Spicy Pulp Covers! This large Pastel
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Cardwell Higgins 1930's Pastel Illustration/ "Spicy Girls"
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
greats, Rockwell Kent, Vargas and many more! Best known for his "Spicy Girl" Portraits and pulp covers
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
George Harrison Wert Artist Proof Illustration Original "the Star Western"
Located in Big Flats, NY
George H. Wert Artist's Proof Illustration from "The Star Western" features original pen
Category
20th Century American Vintage Pulp Illustration
H 12.25 in W 18.5 in D 0.125 in
Poor Little Chorus Girl Shifting For Herself
By Carl Reed
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original signed pencil and gouache on illustration board by American artist Carl Reed (1913-2005
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
David Hockney “Paper Pools” Book
By David Hockney
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Describes and illustrates David Hockney's original technique of fusing paper pulp and paper to
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Amazing Stories "Wonders of the Ancient World: Building the Great Pyramid"
By James B. Settles
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover Preliminary Illustration Original Art (Ziff-Davis, 1946). Famous magazine back cover painting by
Category
1940s Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor, Board
Big Catch, Outdoor Life Magazine Cover
By Charles Dye
Located in Fort Washington, PA
assignments were interior story illustrations for the western pulp magazines published by Popular Publications
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil, Board
The Explorer oil on canvas by Ed DeLavy
Located in Paonia, CO
Brooklyn and the Art Students League in NYC. He became known for his black and white illustrations for a
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil
Black Magic Holiday, Cover for Imaginative Tales, January 1955
By Harold McCauley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
painting, used as the cover for the January 1955 pulp digest, Imaginative Tales #3, shows a Vaudeville era
Category
1950s Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lorence Bjorklund "Death Throws a Wide Loop", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
West".
Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations. After
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
Lorence Bjorklund "Trail of the horse", 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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
Lorence Bjorklund "Secret of Cedar Brook", original ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
the "Wild West".
Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was best known for his western pulp illustrations
Category
1940s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Ink
Amos Sewell "Prairie Schooner" Original Saturday Evening Post Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine Cowboy Pulp illustration for Saturday Evening Post in the 1950s.
Original oil board
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Other
G. I. Tiger-Bandit of Saipan, Combat with Bikini Women and Explosions
By Mort Künstler
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration for Men's Magazine/ Pulp Magazine . "Male" depicting war in asia with cigar
Category
1960s American Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache
Stetson Advertising Poster 'The Last Drop from His Stetson', circa 1920s
By Lon Megargee
Located in Incline Village, NV
The artist who created this illustration was Lon Megargee, who designed western images for
Category
1940s American Sporting Art Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oak, Paper
Vintage Oil Painting "A Day At the Museum" by Bertram Glover
Located in Buffalo, NY
School. During the 1920s he created illustrations for pulp novelettes and later painted portraits of
Category
1960s Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Board
H 27 in W 31 in D 1 in
Oil Painting "Railroad Man's Daughter" Dated 1941 by Bertram Glover
Located in Buffalo, NY
School. During the 1920s he created illustrations for pulp novelettes and later painted portraits of
Category
1940s Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 39 in W 33 in D 2 in
"Life Was Simple Then" Saturday Evening Post Poster by Emery Clarke, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
illustrations by famous artists such as Norman Rockwell. Some Post illustrations were even reproduced as posters
Category
1940s American Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Paper
I Wish I Were Like You
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
.
Falter began his career in illustration early, starting with the Pulps, and at 20, sold his first picture
Category
1930s Other Art Style Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
"Men of the Golden West" by John Wade Hampton, (Portfolio) 4 Lithographs
Located in Phoenix, AZ
cowboy, he used pretended he was roping cows by using his mother's clothesline. He began illustration
Category
1970s Contemporary Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
Death Makes A Mistake
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Death Makes a Mistake is an eerie, dark, and foreboding interior pulp illustration by Harold
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Mixed Media, Illustration Board
The Baby Factory
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This dramatic, futuristic sci-fi interior pulp illustration was created by Harold McCauley for an
Category
1940s American Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Mixed Media, Illustration Board
21st Century Girl Walking Pet
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This spectacular otherworldly sci-fi pulp illustration painting by Harold McCauley was used as the
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Great Pulp Art Western Illustration by Pete Kuhlhoft
Located in New York, NY
This is a great Illustration by Pete Kuhlhoft ( 1903- 1972). The website Pulpartists.com has his
Category
1940s American Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas
Pulp Fiction Cover Illustration for Italian Social Realist Novel
Located in Treasure Island, CA
John E. Johnson
Cover Illustration for Mastro Don Gesualdo by Giovanni Verga
published by UC
Category
1970s American Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Board
Fantastic Adventures Pulp Cover
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A pulp cover painting by Harold W. McCauley for the Ziff-Davis science fiction pulp title Fantastic
Category
1940s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Illustration Board, 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 Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Modern Girl Spicy Pulp Magazine Cover
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A signed original pastel on illustration board from the late 1930's by the prolific cover artist
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Illustration Board, Pastel
Imagination Magazine Pin Up Girl Pulp Cover
By Harold McCauley
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original oil on canvas painting, used as the cover for the January 1955 pulp digest
Category
1950s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Do You Hear Colors?
By Malcolm Smith
Located in Minneapolis, MN
An evocative pin-up girl pulp cover watercolor painting by Malcolm Smith for the May, 1953 issue of
Category
1950s Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Illustration Board, Watercolor
Juice
By Gabriel Mayorga
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large, dazzling, spicy pulp, science fiction, space girl painting by Gabriel Mayorga, which
Category
1940s Pop Art Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Consumed by the Flames
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This small preliminary gouache painting on illustration board is by noted artist and illustrator
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Soda Jerk
By Ray Johnson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A fun and breezy interior magazine illustration for Argosy magazine - July, 1946 by Ray Johnson
Category
1940s American Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Pin-up and the P.I.
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Intoxicatingly sexy, this small preliminary gouache painting on illustration board is by noted
Category
1950s American Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Paula Has A Price
By Fred Rodewald
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This lurid and bold gouache illustration painting by Fred Rodewald was created as cover art for the
Category
1940s American Realist Vintage Pulp Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
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Vintage Pulp Illustration For Sale on 1stDibs
Find the exact vintage pulp illustration you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the modern style, while we also have 9 modern versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect vintage pulp illustration among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. When looking for the right vintage pulp illustration for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of black, beige, brown and blue. Creating a vintage pulp illustration has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Lorence Bjorklund, Harold McCauley, Amos Sewell, Rafael DeSoto and Mort Künstler are consistently popular. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, board and illustration board can add an especially memorable touch.
How Much is a Vintage Pulp Illustration?
The average selling price for a vintage pulp illustration we offer is $3,750, while they’re typically $85 on the low end and $348,500 for the highest priced.