RAFAEL DeSOTO FRAMED ORIGINAL PAINTING WITH SENSUOUS WOMAN.
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Starting Bid:
$1,725.00
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #203 - Part II
Item numbers 1429 through 3205 in auction 203
Item Description
19.5x24" gold accent wood frame has 14x19.25" opening revealing wonderful painting of woman with right hand near box holding pistol as man in bkg. with unbuttoned shirt watches her. Painting is signed at lower right "R. deSoto-". c. 1950s. Exc. Rafael DeSoto (1904-1992) began doing interior story illustrations for Street & Smith western pulp magazines in 1930 and moved on to cover paintings for pulp magazines in 1932. His covers appeared on titles including Black Book Detective, Dime Detective, Dime Mystery, Phantom Detective, The Spider, The Detective Aces, Terror Tales, Thrilling Detective, and Western Trails. He continued doing pulp covers into the 1950s for such titles as Black Mask, Fantastic Novels, Smashing Detective and also did freelance illustrations for slick magazines including the Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal. He would go on to produce paperback covers for Ace, Bantam, Dell, Lion, Signet, and Pocket Book. Painting is extremely well-done with nice use of light and shadow and wonderful detail. Ready for display.
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