Friedman, Ben :: Featured Artist — Finlay, Virgil

Virgil Finlay -- The Golden City (1942)

Artist: Virgil Finlay (All)

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Virgil Finlay -- The Golden City (1942) Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Virgil Finlay -- The Golden City (1942)
Artist:	Virgil Finlay (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	6,502
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	18
Added to Site:	1/1/2014
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Description

I have wanted a great Virgil Finlay piece for some time, and this one certainly fits the bill. The detail on this piece is unreal (check out the detailed photos below), and the subject matter is fantastic. Published in the pulp magazine "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" in 1942, from the story "The Golden City." Big thanks go to Neil and Leigh Mechem, the wonder brothers from Canada, for letting this beauty go.

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Joined:	February 2006
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Lee Benaka
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/1/2014

What an intricate and beautiful piece! The details are mesmerizing. Big congrats, Ben!

Dan F
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/1/2014

Outstanding!

Ron S
Member Since 2007

Posted on 1/1/2014

This is just spectacular. Congrats!!

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/1/2014

WOW

Mark Levy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/2/2014

Second that Wow! One of the nicest I've seen...Congrats!

Michael One Minute Later
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/2/2014

Very well done

Eric F
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/2/2014

What a beautiful art!!!

Comics Superworld
Member Since 2007

Posted on 1/2/2014

Sensational detail and imagery!

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/31/2014

This is a great Virgil Finlay drawing. I love his work.Hope someday to have some art by him even approaching this. Congratulations!

steve staszower
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/31/2014

yep -I'd say that fits the bill as a great Finlay piece!! And thanks for putting up the detail pics to enjoy!!

John Livesay
Member Since 2009

Posted on 2/5/2014

very nice!

Jerry C.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 5/13/2014

WOW! Such a beauty! Pure magic...

CHRIS OLIVERIA
Member Since 2011

Posted on 8/6/2014

Wow! I'm glad I found this!

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 8/26/2014

Hard to imagine all the work that went into this one. It merits looking at time and again - one definition of art.

Tom Coker
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/28/2015

Exquisite! ... and mouth-watering

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 10/3/2015

Lovely!

George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/24/2018

Love this operiod for finaly and FFM as a magazienwhcih I sadly ahd to sell off my set last year for lack of space

Monty B
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/20/2020

Absolutely stunning!!!

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