Harry Barton
Sexy Blond Falls from Window - Noir Pulp Art, 1959
Gouache on Illustration Board
21 × 14 3/4 in / 53.3 × 37.5 cm
$ 17,000.00
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There is plenty of B-movie-like pulp illustration art out there to consider. This work, however, is fundamentally different. The main point about the Harry Barton painting is not that it...
There is plenty of B-movie-like pulp illustration art out there to consider. This work, however, is fundamentally different. The main point about the Harry Barton painting is not that it graced the cover of a campy Noir Pulp paperback, but that its composition is acutely complex and masterfully designed. Barton captures the moment after a blond bombshell is pushed out of a window, and it's ingenious. He presents the viewer with close-up, middle-distance, and far-away views in a single picture so that the eyes follow the action. The interplay of light and shadow, fingers and legs, and a multitude of light sources demonstrates Barton's brilliance and conveys the essence of falling. The blond subject, seen in mid-air, is portrayed as being sexy before death. The painting does not carry moral instructions but is an exceptional noir still from the 1950s and a brilliant piece of graphic design. Signed lower right Barton. br Published as the cover of Play for Keeps by Harry Whittington (Ace, 1959), and is accompanied by a copy of the book. br Framed under glass. Framed Dimensions 29.5 X 23 Inches