Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater (Original)

Artist: Stephen Richard Boldero
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 10" x 12" (250mm x 310mm)
Date: 1971
Code: BolderoMut1

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

This is the original art for the Hardcover edition of Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis published by Souvenir Press 1971. 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.