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Virgil Finlay - pulp illustration, "Third Person Singular"

Artist: Virgil Finlay (All)

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Title: Virgil Finlay - pulp illustration, "Third Person Singular"
Artist: Virgil Finlay (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 1,037
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Comments: 3
Added to Site: 4/25/2018
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A few years ago, my friend Bob Weinberg and I picked up this interior by Virgil Finlay. From the October 1946 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries, it illustrated Clemence Dane's "Third Person Singular." What made this purchase unusual was that the art was accompanied by the original letter from the editor of FFM, Mary Gnaedinger, to well-known SF fan Thyril L. Ladd, which she had sent along with this piece of art back on September 27, 1946. In the letter, she mentions earmarking the next Finlay cover for Ladd. Once again demonstrating that no one thought SF pulp art was worth much back in the day -- but times have changed!

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Doug Ellis ( 1 )
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Todd Hignite Comic Art 
Member Since 2017

Posted on 4/25/2018

Really nice, Doug! Beautiful detail on this one. And I particularly love the accompanying letter—can’t get enough of such great glimpses into the history...

Doug Ellis 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/25/2018

Todd Hignite Comic Art wrote:

Really nice, Doug! Beautiful detail on this one. And I particularly love the accompanying letter—can’t get enough of such great glimpses into the history...

Thanks Todd!  I also find these behind the scenes looks at things from back then fascinating.

Ben Friedman 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/25/2018

Wow, that’s a beauty.  Amazing detail and linework.  

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