"THE SWEETLY DIABOLIC ART OF JIM FLORA burnishes the reputation of one of the great overlooked paintbox fantasists of the 20th century. It features paintings, drawings, and sketches from the 1940s through the ’90s, many never previously published or exhibited; more artifacts from the artist’s 1940s tenure in the Columbia Records art department; and vintage newspaper and magazine illustrations. This collection also heralds the first publication of an early, abandoned children’s book, “The X-Ray Eye of Wallingford Hume,” which Flora drafted in 1943. Equally fascinating are original overlays, and concept images for his 1950s and ’60s published tot-lit. A gallery of 1940s pen and pencil sketches invokes a catacomb of nightmarish apparitions and inscrutable petroglyphs. In addition, The Sweetly Diabolic Art collects a sideshow of science widgetry from a short-lived, now-obscure mid-1950s monthly, Research & Engineering, for which Flora served as art director. Chronicles of Flora’s career, personal vignettes, and mementoes from the family archives augment the images."
Size of Item: 11 x 10 x 0.5 in
Condition: Hardly used and in excellent condition. The pages are in great condition and outer cover has no visible wear.
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