Dec 15, 2022 - Sale 2625

Sale 2625 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

MURRAY TINKELMAN (1933-2016)

"The Lurker at the Threshold."

Cover illustration for the mass market paperback of the August Derleth horror classic The Lurker at the Threshold (New York: Ballantine Books, 1976). Ink and watercolor on Strathmore bristol board. 393x293 mm; 15 1/2x11 1/2 inches, image, on 20x13 1/2-inch board. Signed and dated "M. Tinkelman `75" in lower left image. Edges taped to 22x18-inch matte.

Provenance: Estate of the artist.

Murray Tinkelman was an award-winning artist who received illustration's highest honors from the Society of Illustrators, New York Art Directors Club, and The Society of Publications Designers. His work appeared in a variety of publications including "Atlantic Monthly," "Cosmopolitan," "Ladies Home Journal," "McCall's," "The New York Times," "The Saturday Evening Post," and "The Washington Post." In addition to those, he worked for publishers such as Ballantine, Berkley, Doubleday, Putnam, HBJ, Macmillan and Time Life, among many others.