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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherNew Texture
ISBN-101943444048
ISBN-139781943444045
eBay Product ID (ePID)11058360309
Product Key Features
Book TitleGeorge Gross : Covered
Number of Pages116 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Artists / General, Popular Culture, Graphic Arts / Illustration
Publication Year2022
GenreDesign, Art
AuthorRobert Deis
Book SeriesMen's Adventure Library
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight13.5 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Series Volume NumberVol. 16
SynopsisGEORGE GROSS...top artist for pulps in the '30s and '40s, men's adventure magazines (MAMs) in the '50s and '60s, and paperback covers from the '40s through the '80s. GEORGE GROSS...mentor and friend to iconic illustrator Mort Künstler, Gross's artwork helped establish a visual vocabulary for action/adventure and hard-boiled fiction. His imagery continues to inspire and influence, from action paperbacks to the PULP FICTION movie poster. GEORGE GROSS: COVERED, the latest title in The Men's Adventure Library series, is the first book devoted to the illustration art of George Gross, focusing on his intense and expertly rendered magazine covers for MAMs. Men at war, femmes fatales, spies and disasters, man versus beast, Gross painted them all magnificently. With background and context supplied by editors Deis and Doyle, art historian David Saunders, and pantheon illustration artist Mort Künstler. Available in softcover and deluxe expanded hardcover with additional content., GEORGE GROSS: COVERED is the first book devoted to the illustration art of George Gross, focusing on his intense and expertly rendered magazine covers for MAMs. Men at war, femmes fatales, man vs beast, Gross painted them all magnificently.