Can Anyone help Identify this art 1960s-1950s

[BrianR]

I have owned this for a while now and was actually trying to sell it, but decided to take a second look at it due to the quality of the illustration. My thought was Galaxy Magazine which ran from 1950-1970s. I searched and found scans of the books online from 1950-1959 but none beyond. I noticed something; after the fall of EC Wally Wood turned to other genres including magazine/ pulp art the same style as this piece. I am by no means a Wood expert, but I thought that there were similarities between what I saw and this. According to one site he did 60 issues of Galaxy Magazine thru 1960. I have not been able to find scans beyond 1959 online. The chance of it being him are slim to none. I bought it as an unknown artist. I know there are other magazines/ pulps out there from this era and I am hoping someone may have a clue or know where this was published. There are no copyright marks on it and no clues as to the origin. I took various pics of the art with hopes of identifying it.

 

 

 

 

 

[BrianR]

Here are examples of Wood's ink wash like this piece. This is why I thought it was his. The other art in Galaxy Magazine was no where close to this piece for the various artist I have seen.

 

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[BrianR]

For fun I will offer a $50.00 finder's fee for the first person to identify where this was published and the artist.

[Hekla]

FYI The Complete Wally Wood Galaxy Illustrations is coming out later this year. I believe it's been 'coming soon' for a couple of years now, however.

[Terry Doyle]

Artwork does have a look of Woody in parts, though I'm far from convinced it's his work. Maybe an assistant (he had those)?

 

There are blogs on Woody's Galaxy work (I've checked them out and don't see your illustration). Here's a link to one of them:

 

http://www.null-entropy.com/2012/03/wally-wood1927-1981the-galaxy-illustrations-pt-1/

[BrianR]

Its tough. I emailed the author of the upcoming book. He hasn't responded, but a synopsis states there are 200 illustrations another source says over 160. One place states his work ended in 1960 on the magazine another 1967. There is a lot of similar but conflicting information. Wood is a possibility in my mind, but there are so many artists out there it could be almost anyone.

[Mighty Hal]

For your sake, I hope it's by Wood but I doubt it. His women were wonderfully Wood-ish. This one, not so much.