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ART-PACK -- ILLUSTRATION
Frank Bolle, ROWBOAT & WEEDS - This was auctioned as Bolle's work and seems to be a subsidiary painting from this illustrator, perhaps intended for the 'fine art' market.
Robert Bonfils, DESERTED TRUCK-NEW MEXICO - After retiring from commercial illustration, Bonfils became primarily a gallery artist. This is an example of his work from that final period.
Robert Bonfils, OLD CAR IN DESERT - After retiring from commercial illustration, Bonfils became primarily a gallery artist. This is an example of his work from that final period.
Robert Bonfils, LAKE HENSHAW AREA-EAST COUNTY SAN DIEGO - After retiring from commercial illustration, Bonfils became primarily a gallery artist. This is an example of his work from that final period.
Francis Cugat, CELESTIAL EYES - This painting was created to be the cover of the very first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. An interesting tale, Cugat's preliminary sketches were prepared before Fitzgerald had delivered his manuscript (it's assumed that those artistic ideas stemmed from conversations with the editor who had an earlier 'working text') - the author had seen those sketches and shared that they had inspired some of what he had now written in the final version.
Don Dixon, VIKING MARS ORBITER AND DEIMOS
Stanhope Forbes, THE LIGHTHOUSE - a gallery painting, of the 'Newlyn School', from the 1890s. I encountered the image being utilized on the lid of a cracker-tin.
Carl Hantman, [title unknown] - Not yet determined to what use this illustration was put.
Ken Landau (after Dean Cornwell), THE ROBE (recreation) - Landau, as a teenager, reportedly made this drawing of Cornwell's painting (an illustratiion for THE ROBE by Lloyd C. Douglas).
Harold McCauley, AIR CONTROLLER - Illustration accopanying promotional materials from the Martin Marietta aerospace corporation.
Gary McLaughlin, TROUBLE IN PARADISE - Our title here was how this painting was billed when recently up for auction - though that might be what was written on the reverse, there's a good chance that the auctioneer simply designated it so, since nothing else is indicated as being known about it. Perhaps someone will recognize it from a paperback they've come across.
Victor Olson, THE SAILORS - At auction, this painting was reported to be a magazine illustration, but in what publication has yet to come to light.
Joe Roberts Jr., ACID RIDER - 1970s trippy blacklight poster.
Ed Silas Smith, CARL KOLCHAK - At auction, this preliminary drawing was identified and noted as being unpublished, but associated with 1990s written materials breathing new life into Jeff Rice's NIGHT STALKER novel series (in light of the enduring fan enthusiasm from the resulting T.V. series).
Edmund F. Ward, FAMILY IN SONG - Our title here is what was provided when this painting came to auction. It is assumed that this was intended for a 1930s advertisement that has yet to be identified.
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Paul Alexander, THE GOLD CREW - The paperback release of Thomas N. Scortia & Frank M. Robinson's Cold-War thriller from Warner Books.
James Bama, COOL HAND LUKE - "The man...and the motion picture that simply did not conform" - utilizing the visage of film's star, Paul Newman.
Bob Bartram, LASSIE'S BRAVE ADVENTURE - This is actually one of Whitman's "Tell-A-Tale" series of storybooks. Since the Lassie license was such an early staple of the Dell comics line let's group this one here too.
Robert Berran, BOY TROUBLE, (THE GIRLS OF CANBY HALL # 9) - "Is any boy worth the price of friendship ?" - The Scholastic paperback release of this entry in the juvenile series of Emily Chase.
Alex Blum, SEA WOLF, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 85) - A comic adaptation of this adventure-novel by Jack London.
Frank Bolle, DIRT TRACK DANGER - "Johnny Blake builds points and character as he drives his red racer flashing to the checker" - The Signal Books release of Robert Sidney Bowen's juvenile tale with this painting auctioned with Bolle's identification. Note that the interior illustrations are executed by William Blair (and I've seen this work auctioned at other times with instead Blair's identification for the cover).
Stanley Borack, OVER THE GREEN MASK - The Mills & Boon paperback release of this romance by Lisa Cooper. I suspect that there may have been an earlier use of this art, in light of at least one other Borack work that traveled that path to this publisher.
John Buscema, SLAVE - "The raging novel that exploded into a bestseller" - The Parallax Press paperback release of this novel by Jerrol Mundis (Eric Corder), reportedly the 2nd book in his 'Shame & Glory' series. This same art was used on re-issues that came out carrying the author's true name.
L.B. Cole, SCOUTS IN ACTION, (THE BEST FROM BOY'S LIFE # 2) - A cover illustration accompanying Al Stenzel's story inside this collabrative publication of Gilberton's Classics Illustrated line and the Boy Scouts Of America organization.
Mel Crawford, HEIDI, (DELL JUNIOR TREASURY # 6)
George Evans, REVENGE, (ACES HIGH # 2) - Drawn cover of this issue by Evans.
Robert Foster, WITNESS TO EVIL - "The uncensored inside story of Charles Mansion and his murderous Family" - The Dell paperback release of this first nonfiction by George Bishop. At auction, the painting's owner identified the artist as Robert Foster.
Simon Greco, REALM OF THE INCAS- "Uncovered treasures of Peru as they reveal the art, architecture, government, and gods of a mighty civilization built on gold and conquests. An archaelogical history of the ancient empire in the hidden strongholds of the South American Andes" - A Mentor release of Victor W. Von Hagen's non-fiction book. Interestingly, it inspired an orchestral suite by Elizabeth Waldo ("featuring authentic Pre-Columbian instruments !") which was marketed using the same wraparound artwork.
Christine Griffin, THE VISCONTE DEVILS - The Ragnell Press paperback release of Ria Dimitra's romantic-thriller.
Ernie Hart, THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF DOGS, (THE WORLD AROUND US # 1) - The premiere issue of this adjunct comics line to Gilberton's Classics Illustrated.
Arnold Holywell, BEAVER VALLEY, (FOUR COLOR # 625) - "The Beaver, a small but mighty builder of things, is Nature's true pioneer, for wherever he fashions his dams, other creatures follow . . ." - An educational nature book associated with the Walt Disney company, who was producing such live-action nature features at the time.
Ray Johnson, THE PRICE IS RIGHT - "Remember what happened when you told him he couldn't put a zipper on Letta's brassiere ?" - Avon's paperback release of the novel by Jerome Weidman ("the author of I Can Get It For You Wholesale"). PulpInternational.com tells us that this cover piece is from Johnson.
Robert Jonas, THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION - "A fascinating history of life on Earth" - The Mentor release of George Gaylord Simpson's non-fiction treatise.
Henry Kiefer, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 65) - The cover to a comic adaptation of biographical materials developed by Benjamin Franklin Thorne (apparently better known as comics creator Frank Thorne). At auction, Heritage credited this painting to Henry Kiefer.
Victor Livoti, [title unknown] - Not yet determined to what use this illustration was put. At auction, it was associated with Avon paperbacks and 'The Village' along with others in the same style & format, suggesting some series . . .
Jesse Marsh, CARRYING A SPARE?, (back inner cover for TARZAN # 77) - An illustration of a hornbill.
Gerald McCann, THE PILOT, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 70) - A comic adaptation of this novel by James Fenimore Cooper.
Gerald McCann, LES MISERABLES, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 9) - A comic adaptation of this novel by Victor Hugo,
Gerald McCann, TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 45) - A comic adaptation of this novel by Thomas Hughes,
Gerald McCann, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 142) - A comic adaptation of the biography created by Benjamin P. Thomas. The McCann identification provided by the Grand Comics Database, but it is not supported by past auctions of the original art, those have registered it as unidentified.
Gerald McCann, THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF BOATING, (THE WORLD AROUND US # 22)
Frank McCarthy, PT 109 - "Suddenly the bow of a destroyer was on top of them...a huge cleaver bearing down on John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his crew. This was the end of the line for PT 109 and yet in a way, it was only the beginning..." - Amid all the promotional collateral associated with this film, McCarthy's art was used in a number of different fashions (with modifications sometimes). For instance, the art was also used for the Dell comic adaptation ("The true story of PT 109, a grimy, battle-scarred veteran of the Guadacanal campaign, and its boyish skipper from Boston named John Fizgerald Kennedy.") and paperback ("PT 109-John F. Kennedy in World War II // The triumphant Warner Bros. motion picture epic based on this famous best seller by Robert J. Donovan").
Darrel Millsap, THE GREAT SMOKEY ROADBLOCK - "Put the pedal to the metal and hang on tight, cause that high-ballin' bandit is rollin' tonight!-The funniest truckin' you've ever seen !" - Poster for this film, portraiting (left-to-right) the performers Eileen Brennan, Henry Fonda, Daina House, John Byner & Dub Taylor.
Norman Nodel, THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 71) - A comic adaptation of this novel by Victor Hugo.
Norman Nodel, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 6) - A comic adaptation of this Fench Revolution tale by Charles Dickens.
John Parker, MOBY DICK, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 5) - A comic adaptation of Herman Melville's novel.
Poch, CLEOPATRA, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 161) - A comic adaptation of this story by H. Rider Haggard. Note that this "Poch" cover name's signature (or pseudonym) is not yet noted as being seen on any other work.
Gerald Powell, HOUSE OF DOLLS - The Pyramid paperback release of this book by Moshe M. Ka-Tzetnik. Different artist, but with the exception of the gender-flip, this is almost an identical composition to that of 'Brainwashing' (by Mel Crair) that seems to have come from the same publisher the previous year-or-so.
Art Saaf, ROOTS?, (HAPPY DAYS # 5) - "What does Fonzie see in the crystal ball ?" - The only non-photographic cover of the year-long series adaptating the popular television show Happy Days
F. Siebel, UNITY IS STRENGTH, (WAR HEROES # 7 (back cover)) - This appeared on the back of this comic as a 'pin-up' promoting the United Nations organization. It is noted that Siebel was a Czechosiovak artist serving in the U.S. Army, who donated the artwork for this purpose.
Allen Simon, ROCKETS,JETS AND MISSLES, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 159A) - A 'Special Issue' from Gilberton, being educational about our martial aerial achievements.
George Ziel, MONTY - Avon's paperback release of Robert LaGuardia's biography of actor Montgomery Clift.