Flagdown (Original)

Artist: Stephen Richard Boldero
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 8" x 8" (200mm x 210mm)
Date: 1974
Code: BolderoFlag1

This is the unique original Gouache painting by Stephen Richard Boldero.

This is the original art for the Hardcover edition of Flagdown by Mary Muller published by Souvenir Press 1974. With the text overlay on acetate.

One of a collection of original cover paintings recently recovered from the archives of Souvenir Press.

• Artist Biography
  Stephen Richard Boldero (1898 - 1987)
  Boldero's cover artwork appeared regularly in the 1950s and 1960s, published by most of the leading paperback firms (Corgi, Digit, Arrow, Pan, Panther, Four Square, Consul).
  
  He also had a long association with Souvenir Press, producing numerous dust jackets, including many atmospheric paperback covers for Wild West novels.