Study for Cover of Western Story Magazine
Date1936
Artist
Gayle Porter Hoskins
(American painter, illustrator, and muralist, 1887–1962)
Illustration CitationInscription on reverse, dated 1936, indicates that this drawing was a study for a cover of Western Story Magazine. Cover not identified; study may have been adapted to another design, or not used.
MediumOil on illustration board
Dimensions10 × 7 1/8 in. (25.4 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ellen F. Wood, 1984
Object number1984-56
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextWhile the publishing industry suffered setbacks during the Depression, the inexpensive fiction magazines called pulps prospered. An inscription on the reverse of this drawing indicated that it was a cover study for Western Story Magazine in 1936. The publication advertised "Big Clean Stories of Outdoor Life," distinguishing itself from more lurid western pulps. In the 1930s, the magazine cost 10 cents; its last issue appeared in 1949. As the 1930s ended, and for the rest of his career, Hoskins returned to historical subjects and portraits.
