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Jerome Rozen - Shadow Pulp Cover Recreation Original Art (undated).

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Jerome Rozen - Shadow Pulp Cover Recreation Original Art (undated).
<B>Jerome Rozen - Shadow Pulp Cover Recreation Original Art (undated).</B></I> George Jerome Rozen (1895-1974) and Jerome George Rozen (1895-1987) were twins. After World War I, Jerome enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. He soon became an instructor there, and George followed Jerome into a career in art, a year later, and actually studied under Jerome's tutelage. Jerome's first sale was to the Fawcett magazine <B>Excitement!</B></I>. With that success, he moved to the Bronx, opened a studio at 163 West Twenty-third Street, and began painting covers for many of the pulps. George followed Jerome to New York, and both brothers' work was in high demand. Street and Smith's <B>the Shadow</B></I> was a sensation, thanks in part to Jerome's early covers. George Rozen also painted <B>the Shadow</B></I> covers, from 1932-39, and in again, in 1941-42, and 1949. George also painted covers for <B>the Phantom Detective</B></I>, <B>Sky Fighters</B></I>, <B>the Masked Rider</B></I>, and many Western pulps. Just as his pulp career was winding down, Jerome was severely injured in an automobile accident. George continued working in the pulp field after World War II, and later, after the pulp's day had waned, he tried, in vain, to convince Street and Smith to revive <B>the Shadow</B></I> and <B>Doc Savage</B></I> franchises. In 1964, Jerome closed his studio, just as photography began to usurp painted illustration in magazines and advertising. The Rozen brothers produced hundreds of unforgettable pulp cover images. For this fabulous recreation, Jerome payed homage to George's cover for <B>the Shadow</B></I>, August 15, 1938 issue, which featured the story "The Green Hoods." The painting is oil on linen, measures approximately an overall 21" x 30", and is in Excellent condition. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.