FRANKENSTEIN TUNES IN

This trio of items offered up for auction show the different aspects of artist media. Cartoonist Charles Bragg uses drypoint etching for his Frankenstein Monster satire, Mel Ramos uses airbrush and mixed media for his fantasy "good girl" and comic book art, and, of course, the maestro himself, Frank Frazetta was quite at home using oil on canvas. All three artists are deceased.

 Charles Bragg (American, b. 1931)
Frankenstein
Etching with drypoint on paper
8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches (22.2 x 29.8 cm) (image)
Ed. 97/300
Signed and numbered in pencil in lower margin
Auction estimate: $200 - $400.

Mel Ramos (American, 1935-2018)
Vantage, 1972
Offset lithograph in colors on paper
30-1/2 x 24-1/2 inches (77.5 x 62.2 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Auction estimate: $200 - $400.

Frank Frazetta (American, 1928-2010)

Child of the Sun paperback cover, 1972

Oil on canvasboard

20 x 24 in.

Signed lower left

Published as the paperback cover of Child of the Sun by Kyle Onstott and Lance Horner (Fawcett, 1972), this amazing peak-period masterpiece was purchased by the owner in the early 1970s near the time the book was published. It has resided in this same collection ever since and has never been offered on the market until now. The dramatic, multi-figure composition incorporates much more depth, fully realized painterly attention, and detail than many of Frazetta's book covers, featuring not only one of the artist's trademark beautiful women, but three main male figures, as well as a plethora of intricately rendered background elements. As a result, the beautifully flowing image can be appreciated equally in a fine art as well as illustration context.

Auction estimate: $200,000 - $400,000.