Original PAUL KIRCHNER Screw The Sex Review Magazine Cover ILLUSTRATION Painting
ORIGINA L PAUL KIRCHNER ILLUSTRATION PAINTING FOR THE COVER OF "SCREW THE SEX REVIEW" MAGAZINE. This is just a great original piece. I actually knew who Paul Kirchner was from my earlier days when I was a ready of High Times. For those not familiar with the artist, I have included his biography below. I was unaware of this magazine as I was too young in its heyday.
A very popular magazine in the 1970s and 1980s, Kirchner was known to have created dozens of covers for this magazine. This is one of his original illustrations paired with the actual cover page as it was printed. The painting itself is gouache and black ink on paper with the image measuring 11 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches.
Signed in pen lower right corner with the artist's "Kurt Schnurr" nickname. Really a wonderful cover illustration. On the left side of the specially cut matte is the actual original cover that this painting was used for.
The cover is in good shape though there are couple of red circles in colored pencil across the title line. Otherwise a great view of what the painting was used for. Archival matte and backing are ready to frame. A good frame would make this a great presentation of some rare vintage 1970s pulp magazine illustration. Matte measures 17 3/4 x 30 1/4 inches. For those not familiar with the artist his biography reads: Paul Kirchner is an American artist with experiences in several industries. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut into a family of German descent, and attended the Cooper Union School of Art.
He has been active in the comic book industry since the early 1970s, at first with contributions to DC horror comics and assisting Tex Blaisdell. On the'Little Orphan Annie' newspaper strip.
S assistant for several years, and started to contribute surrealistic comic strips to several publications in the mid and late 1970s. The New York monthly High Times ran'Dope Rider', while Heavy Metal published his feature'The Bus' from 1979 to 1985. His additional work for Heavy Metal and High Times was collected in the book'Realms' by Catalan Communications in 1987. In 1984 he worked with Dutch writer and Zen specialist Janwillem van de Wetering on'Moord op Afstand'. It was published in the US as'Murder By Remote Control' through Ballantine in 1986.
By the 1980s and 1990s, Kirchner was working on licensed material. He drew in-pack comic books for the'Robo Force' toyline, and he later also wrote and drew comics based on the classic 80s TV cartoons'He-Man','GoBots','Thundercats','Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors','G. Joe' and'Power Rangers' for magazines published by Telepictures/Welsh Publications. Other creations were the surreal cartoon he made for VQ Magazine and the feature'Jack B. Quick' for Sports Illustrated for Kids. Kirchner didn't return to comics until 2013, when he began making new'The Bus' and'Dope Rider' comics. Kirchner has furthermore been a cover illustrator for the 1970s porn magazine Screw. His illustrations have also appeared in The New York Times.
He has made designs for the toy industry, and is the author of several books with Rhino Entertainment and Paladin Press. Kirchner has been mainly active in advertising since the mid 1990s. He was senior art director at Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor from 1996 to 2002, and has worked as a freelance artist since then. CHECK THE PICTURES ON THIS GREAT PIECE. If you have any questions regarding the work, please dont hesitate to ask.
Pictures are an excellent indication of condition. I guarantee and stand 100% behind everything I sell. No reason to open up any sort of cases. Just simply contact me and I will handle any and all problems. The item "Original PAUL KIRCHNER Screw The Sex Review Magazine Cover ILLUSTRATION Painting" is in sale since Monday, September 26, 2016.
This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "pmfeld" and is located in Holliston, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.: Signed
