Rolf Armstrong, FRENCH STOCKINGS - Reportedly a 1911 private commission.

  Aslan (Alain Gourdan), LA BELLE CAMPEUSE [THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPEUSE] - This is the cover to this French novel by Paul S. Nouvel.  More than a decade later it was given a new background and placed on the Dutch cover of Mike Splane's Blood Lingerie And Sex-Appeal [Bloed Lingerie En Sex-Appeal].

  Aslan, UNTITLED

  Joyce Ballantyne, WORTH LOOKING OVER - A sexy pin-up composition used for giveaway calendars with promotional copy displayed on the pictured easel.

  Ben-Hur Baz, [unknown title], (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR YEARBOOK 1949 (Sept)) - This has frequently been identified as an Alberto Vargas piece, and was collected & featured in a book about that artist, VARGA (RED), but it seems clear that it was first seen in this calendar, produced by four other artists after Vargas's exit.

  Ward Brackett, WHERE THE PLAYBOYS PLAY, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (Aug)) - "Young lady doesn't favor the country. // It's the city sunlight she craves; // She doesn't want a home where the buffalo roam- // Just one where the playboys play."

  Al Brule, DIAL "M" FOR MAN - "When this woman wanted love, she knew what to do - Dial M For Man -- Hob Sampson was a local businessman who walked in on trouble every time a lonely wife like Doris Condon phoned for help. The beautiful Mrs. Condon's husband left her cold--and she wanted a man around the house dan and night ! Behind the 'respectable' front door in Suburbia" - The Beacon Books paperback release of this story from Orrie Hitt.  That art was later modified and used on the cover of THE SISTERS by Norman Bligh ("Can a call girl really enjoy love the same way other women do? // A frank portrait of two girls in the world's oldest profession--and an intimate picture of the sensual live the shared !").  And once more years later on THE WEEKEND GROUP by Jon Balt ("They switched and swapped till they were dizzy with thrills! New partners all the time--such marvelous sexy fun. Or was it?").

  Antonio Carrillo, MOORISH PRINCESS - I've seen this floating about the interweb for some time now, but it seems to be an original drawing by the artist, rather than something intended for publication.

  Eddie Chan, SHE WOULDN'T NEED ANY BAIT, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (June)) - "If her line was set for romance, // You can bet your bottom sou- // She wouldn't need any bait to find her a mate, // The fish on the hook would be you."

  Eddie Chan, IT WASN'T HER KNOWLEDGE THAT GOT HER THROUGH COLLEGE, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (Sept)) - "In book terms, she's not too learned, // In most subjects, she'd never pass; // It wasn't her knowledge that got her through college, // But she made it ahead of her class."

  Edward Eggleston, LADY OF MYSTERY - This painting has been featured in SHAMELESS ART and PEEK-A-VIEW vol.2 (and perhaps other pin-up collections on The List...).

  Freeman Elliott, HALLOWEEN MAGIC, (CALLING ALL GIRLS 1958-Oct) - "Halloween Magic-Party Of The Month -- Published by the publishers of Parents' Magazine" - The clean consensus of the vintage-art & retro-publications community fingers Elliott for this

  Jack Faragasso, [unknown title] - When displayed online, this painting usually carries the title 'Sexy Redhead'.  If it had some commercial use, it has yet to be identified.

  Jack Faragasso, [unknown title] - If this painting had some commercial use, it has yet to be identified.

  Jack Faragasso, MORAN'S WOMAN - "She had the manners of a lady...the morals of a tramp" - The Zenith Books paperback release of this tale by Day Keene.

  Blas Gallego, [unknown title] - Other than identification, an image-search revealed nada.  His signature seems evident at bottom of small image not bottom-cropped so much.

  Darrell Greene, [title unknown] - Not yet determined to what use this illustration was put.

  Pete Hawley, COCA-COLA ADVERTISEMENT - This seaside beauty was a portrait composed solely for the product placement.

  Morgan Kane, A GIRL LIKE I - "A deliciously initmate Hollywood memoir by Anita Loos--the bestselling author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Kiss Hollywood Good-by." - The Ballantine Books paperback release..

  Roger Kastel, SULA - "She is different.  She is magical.  She is Sula" - Bantam's paperback release of this novel by Toni Morrison ("author of Tar Baby").  Note that, when published, the cover had a blooming plant added to the foreground.

  Rosswell Keller, THE QUEEN OF WILES, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (Apr)) - "April is the queen of wiles, // And many's the battle she carried- // First, she's charming, then quite disarming, // And the next thing you know - you're married."

  Dick Kohfield, [title unknown] - It's yet undetermined to what use this was put.  At auction, it was billed as being for a Beacon Books release entitled "Sorority Girl", but we've been unable to confirm such a release actually saw its way into existence from Beacon (or from Softcover Library that they became).

  Bob Larkin, THE CARNELIAN THRONE (SILISTRA # 3) - "At the crux of the universe, the fate of a galaxy hung in the balance." - The Bantam Books paperback release of this entry in the Silistra series by Janet E. Morris.

  Angel Martin, [unknown title] - Reportedly an entry in a vintage calendar with Latin origins.

  Robert McGinnis, EXIT DYING - "When two luscious blondes share one man's apartment--one of them's got to be dead." - The Dell paperback release of this story by Harry Olesker.

  Robert McGinnis, IF THE SHOE FITS - "A suspense-charged tale of love and murder..." - The Crest (Fawcett) paperback release of this story by 'Lee Roberts' (Robert Martin).

  James Meese, WIDOW'S PIQUE - "Everywhere she went somebody got knocked off !" - The Perma Books paperback release of this murder mystery by Blair Treynor.

  James Meese, LIVE FOR TODAY - "She gambled everything for love--A searching portrait of a lost lady" - The Signet paperback release of this story by Vincent Sheean (it having had been originally published as Lily).  I've seen the artist of this cover erroneously identified as Robert Maguire, but the original painting clearly sports Meese's signature.

  Tom Miller, TO LIVE AGAIN - "Her amazing and inspiring personal story-a fifteen-year-bestseller !" - Avon's paperback release of Catherine Marshall's autobiographical episode.

  Zoë Mozert, RUTH ETTING, (RADIO MIRROR 1935-JUNE) - "Gladys Swarthout's Prescription For Paradise // Hidden Sacrifices Of Will Rogers // Father Coughlin's Great Secret"

  Al Moore, BROADWAY'S HER SOUTH PACIFIC, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1951 (Aug)) - "In spite of styles on jungle isles, // in August, to be specific, // She can't go wrong wearing a sarong, // For Broadway's her South Pacific !"

  Al Moore, SEE SEÑOR, (inside ESQUIRE 1951-July) - "Her aunt--when you're south of the Border // Where the chaperone system's in order-- // Comes along to intone 'No, Señor!' // Whenever you plead // ¿Por Favor? // (rustle of marimbas, offstage) // Hence, leave home your box of confections // Your flowers, like signs of your affections // They'll do you no good if you can't // Bring with you a friend // For the Aunt! // (and for such a man, ¡Ole!)" - This month's Esquire Girl.

  Al Moore, FLIPPANCY, (inside ESQUIRE CALENDAR 1950 (Aug)) - "There's a woman--somewhere-- // Who'll give a man a break. // There's a woman--somewhere-- // Who thinks love is give and take. // There are women--everywhere-- // With flip and lovely faces, // Who always lead to nowhere // When they've got all the aces. // But find you this girl--somewhere-- // She's more torture than the rack. // Yet you'll follow her anywhere-- Because she's got the whole pack !" - I feel that this painting must have been created for the 1950 Calendar and then for some reason was re-used to be the Esquire Girl in that year's July issue.

  Rudy Nappi, INTIMATE NURSE, - "Her treatment went far beyond her duties--beyond decency, too." - The Midwood Books paperback release of this lesbian tale by 'Kimberly Kemp' (Gil Fox) "author of Perfume And Pain").

  Victor Olson, THE CLUB - "Four restless husbands, four willing wives ... and sixteen scandalous reasons why Polly's Club was the most exclusive in all suburbia" - The artwork was flipped and used on this rare sideways cover on the story by Steve Yardley released in paperback by Softcover Library (what Beacon Books became).  A couple of years later, the publisher used the art once more, with traditional orientation, for the cover of The Wife Next Door by Jon Balt ("Her name was Emily and she loved love // In the window-to-window proximity of surburbia, the most explosive emotions soon found outlets").

  Robert Patterson, A VALENTINE'S GIFT, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (Feb)) - "A valentine's gift is a fine idea, // It will win her undying thanks. // Some three-carat ice or a car would be nice, // Or how 'bout a book - from a bank ?"

  George Petty, OLD GOLD CIGARETTES - "Double-Mellow...'zip-top' opens double quick - Advertisement.

  Jerome Podwil, THE LEAST OF ALL EVILS - "The 'spider' spun a web that could mean death to the young bride curious enough to get caught in it." - Ace's paperback release of Helen Avronen's gothic romance (the publisher also produced a different edition with Charles Copeland art).

  Bill Randall, MARILYN, (calendar page for 1955-Dec) - "Marilyn -- Well, look what Santa left for me - A real, live, luscious Christmas tree! He couldn't keep her home because she sheds too much, says Mrs. Claus." - Randall's painting was featured in SHAMELESS ART.

  A. Leslie Ross, BLOOD LANDS, (Dybanic Science Fiction 1952-Dec) - "I Am Tomorrow--astonishing novelet by Lester Del Rey// Plus stories by H.B. Fyfe--Alfred Coppel--Dave Drefoos - Illustrates Coppel's tale.

  Edward Runci, A TREASURE TO BEHOLD - O.K., here's a story.  I've seen this art around frequently credited to Art Fram, Freeman Elliot, or to a lesser extent Bill Layne.  I figure that no one who has done so has seen the full art of this long thin calendar-product, because at the very bottom is the very vague first-&-last-name signature that, while unreadable, doesn't look like it could be any of those proposed names -- mainly because the first name seems to start with an 'E'.  More online searching turned up one source originating the name Edward Runci as the artist. Now then, I could find not one credited Runci painting available with a signature that matches the form of this painting's, but we're sticking with him, as all his work (as a body) has the same stylistics as what we find here.

  Edward Runci, A TREASURE TO BEHOLD (its excerpt)

  Bernard Safran, HOYDEN OF THE MOUNTAINS - "Untamed passions run wild in the backwoods" - This is a tighter & modified excerpt from Safran's original painting that had been used on the cover of the first release of Delmar Kingsland's tale, when it had carried the title MOUNTAIN SINNER.

  Arthur Sarnoff, BLONDE PIN-UP - I'm betting that this unimaginative title was developed when the painting came to auction.  You can see that after it was utilized as a pin-up, it was re-used on a record-album cover.

  Arthur Sarnoff, BEAUTY ON THE ROCKS

  Mauro Scali, SOMETHING FISCAL TO OFFER, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (Mar)) - "A tax on her common sense // Would fill up the nation's coffers: // She just falls for guys with love in their eyes- // And something fiscal to offer."

  Michael Silver, HER DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (July)) - "Her declaration of independence // Was something of an institution; // But a ring and a coat and a forty-foot boat // Passed an amendment to her constitution."

  Michael Silver, THIS FAIR GAME, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (Oct)) - "Although you're an expert hunter, // A dead shot with a dash o' luck, // Better sharpen your aim for this fair game - // She's no man's sitting duck."

  C.W. Taylor, MUSIC FROM BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - "Music from 'Battlestar Galactica' and other compositions from Giorgio Moroder" - The Casablanca LP release riding the shortlived coattails of this hit television series.

  Ren Wicks, HER CHRISTMAS CHEER, (inside ESQUIRE GIRL CALENDAR 1952 (Dec)) - "Her Christmas cheer is guaranteed, // Though not through legal clauses - // Instead, a collection of objects d'affection // Come from dozens of Santa Clauses."

  Ted Withers, [unknown title]

  David Willardson, THE SOUL MURDER CASE - "A confession Of the victim" - The Equinox paperback release of this novel by Robert Deane Pharr ("author of The Book Of Numbers").

  George Ziel, THE HALF-CASTE - "She has passions as swift as a tropical storm" - The Digit Books paperback release of Dan Cushman's tale.  The is a British publishing house and I haven't yet found some previous American usage of this art, as would usually be the case.  Do note that this woman's solitary portrait duplicates her appearance in the larger composition found on the cover of Ace's THE ANGRY ONES.

  Stanley Zuckerberg, THE ACTRESS - "Passionate...frank...the story of a smalltown American girl's ruthless climb to stardom...the men she loved, the men she used along the way" - Bantam's paperback release of Bessie Brewer's novel.

     SOME MORE UNKNOWNS

  [artist unknown], SUBURBAN SIN - "Infidelity was a way of life with the split-level dwellers // A novel of women who traded husbands--of men who borrowed wives--of couples who embraced adultery with feverish delight..." - The Beacon Books paperback re-release of this story by Orrie Hitt.  Note that the story was released four years previously with different art on the cover.

  [artist unknown], COKE-PLAY REFRESHED - This lass is in her natural state after having her starring role in this vintage Coca-Cola ad.  I've seen it posted on Facebook with the claim that it was painted by Gil Elvgren, but I've searched and have failed to find any respected source that would back that up.

  [artist unknown], MEET CHATTY JONES - "She's a wild, wild witch on heels - and trouble explodes where she goes !" - Lancer's release of Guy Talbot's story. - I've seen one discussion group peg this as Stanley Borack's art, but I guess I'm waiting for a more general concensus.

  [artist unknown], FLING, (FLING # 5 (1958-Jan)) - Fling Magazine began as a Playboy knock-off in the late 1950s and, after a few growing pains & format changes, settled into a long run that lasted into the 1990s.  While this magazine had handful of intersting art covers right at the fledgling beginning, this artist hasn't yet been identified.

  [artist unknown], RUNAWAY BLONDE - At auction, the back of this canvas was revealed to have written on it "Runaway Bride by Daoma Winston, Uni Book 61 (1953), but that particular published bookcover proves to have a *different* piece of art on it and I'd say not really in the same style.

  [artist unknown], CAMPUS CALL GIRL - "The shocking story of a coed who turned love into a business" - The Gold Star paperback release of this story by Scott O'Neill.

  [artist unknown], HIGH-SCHOOL SCANDAL - "The powerful story of a mature woman alone--and her troubled , guilty desire for a boy young enough to be her son..." - The Beacon Books paperback release of this story by Charles X. Wollfe.

  [artist unknown], THE EDUCATION OF LYDIA - "She was sweet and shy--until they gave her special courses...// A novel dealing with the kind of campus activity that never appears on a report card //// Her unusual upbringing had made her too vulnerable // A frankly different novel about the social and sexual problems of college girls" - The Beacon Books paperback releases of this story by Charles X. Wolffe.

  [artist unknown], THE REAL GONE GOOSE - "Fast, crackling, crazy, it screams of the quick and the dead" - The Consul Books British paperback release of this detective-procedural mystery by 'George Bagby' (Aaron Marc Stein).

  [artist unknown], MAC'S RESIN COAT - This is an actual vintage print ad used again-and-again by Mac's.

  [unknown artist], ABNORMAL -"She commited a monstrous sin of the flesh, then found that nothing else could match the satisfaction it gave her.  The least one might call her would be--Abnormal" - The Midwood paperback release of this story by Rick Richards.  Robert Maguire is the only name I've seen associated with this, but when so, it has always been tentatively, so we'll wait for something more confirmatory.

  [artist unknown], MAD FOR KICKS - "A gang of thirll mad beatniks on a shocking binge of murder,rape,and perversity! // another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men" - The Novel Books paperback release of this story by Jack Lynn.

  [artist unknown], FLESH ECSTASY - "Bought in Paris, sold in white slavery, she knew more about lust than the Devil himself." - The Playtime (Neva) paperback release of this story by Michel Moraine.

  [artist unknown], BRACH'S TRICK OR TREAT CANDY WITCH

  [artist unknown], SHEER WITCHERY IN BLACK - With very little information, this seems to be a fashion drawing from 1946, said only to be "by Prestige".

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  [artist unknown], [unknown title] - No known use yet of this piece - probably some artist's portfolio piece or else adwork lost amid that morass.

  [artist unknown], [unknown title] - No known use yet of this piece - probably some artist's portfolio piece or else adwork lost amid that morass.  An AI judged Art Frahm as the most-likely (60%) period-artist to have painted it.

  [artist unknown], [unknown title] - Only note is that it's said to be from a Beacon cover and such a paperback has not been found yet.

  [artist unknown], [unknown title] - no info found for this, except AI detecting the gun silhouette is a modern feature laid over vintage produced art.

  [artist unknown], [unknown title] - For website-use (Pulp International) this girl was apparently extracted from a sleaze paperback cover that we can't yet identify (AI guesses McGinnis).

  [artist unknown], [unknown title] - No information - an image-search turned up almost no appearances,and certainly not identifying ones (though usually called 'Femme Fatale').

  [artist unknown], [unknown title] - No details about this piece are yet known to us.

  [artist unknown], [unknown title] - No information about the origins of this piece that originally looked to be a comic panel.

     PROBABLY MODERN

  [artist unknown], SORRY MY PANTIES DON'T MATCH - Presented as if a Vargas piece but it doesn't seem to be -- in fact, it feels sort-of AI-ish, so I'm assuming it to be MODERN for the time being.