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Artist: Rafael DeSoto
Sexy Woman in a Swamp Storm - Pulp Magazine, Hispanic Artist, Mid Century
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Miami, FL
Rafael Maria de Soto y Hernandez was born February 18, 1904 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It's high drama in the swamp. Woman in the Swamp is a masterfully executed example of Pulp Art and showcases Rafael DeSoto's full command of academic painting.
DeSoto did pulp covers up until the industry's demise in the 1950s for such magazines as Adventure, Argosy, Black Mask, Captain Zero, Crack Detective, Fantastic Novels, 15-Story Detective, Fifteen Western Tales, New Detective, Smashing Detective, and Walt Coburn's Western Magazine. He also painted many covers and interior story illustrations for men's adventure magazines, such as Action For Men, Adventure, Battle Cry, For Men Only...
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1950s Academic Rafael DeSoto Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Treachery in Trieste, Paperback Cover
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1954
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 24.75" x 15.5"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This illustration was published as the paperback cover of Treachery in Trieste by Charl...
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1950s Rafael DeSoto Art
Materials
Oil, Board
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