RAYMOND JOHNSON (American, 20th Century). Tempting Tigress, digest cover, 1953. Oil on canvas laid on board. 26.25 x 21 ...

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RAYMOND JOHNSON (American, 20th Century)
Tempting Tigress, digest cover, 1953
Oil on canvas laid on board
26.25 x 21 in.
Signed lower left

This illustration appeared on the cover of John Underwood's digest novel, Tempting Tigress, Carnival Books #907, 1953.

"Her door was always open to a man who was able to pay."

The image as used again for another John Underwood novel, Hollywood Hellcat, Star Novels #764, c. 1956.

"The shocking story of what a woman must do to become a star."

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

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