A Leslie Ross Paintings & Artwork for Sale | A Leslie Ross Art Value Price Guide

May. 13, 2023
A Leslie Ross (1910-1989) Oil On Paper
Est: -
Illustration for “Conquering Horse”. Signed & dated on Verso. Frame is in good condition. Frame measures approximately 17in x 12in. Image measures approximately 12in x 8in. NR13065 SA
EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
Feb. 10, 2022
A. LESLIE ROSS (AMERICAN, 1910-1989)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
A. LESLIE ROSS (AMERICAN, 1910-1989) Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Cowboy on horseback fleeing a shootout. Artist Bio: Arthur Leslie Ross, Jr. was born December 4, 1910 in West Orange, New Jersey. His father was also named Arthur Leslie Ross, of Scottish ancestry, and was a designer at a rug mill in Amsterdam, NY. His mother was J. Margaret Hoffman, of German ancestry. He had an older brother, Warren. His family called him "Let" and his friends called him "Joe." They lived at 58 Whittingham Place. After graduating from West Orange High School in June of 1928 he went to work at a printing company, The American Color Type Co. In 1929 he studied at the New York School of Fine Art, and from 1931 to 1934 he studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he crossed paths with H. W. Scott, Walter Baumhofer, Frederick Blakeslee, and Rudolph Belarski. In the Fall of 1934 he opened his own freelance art studio on East 63rd Street in NYC, and then later at West 67th Street. His first assignments were interior story illustrations for Mavericks and Bull's Eye Western Stories. He was soon painting cover illustrations for pulp magazines, such as All Sports, Blue Ribbon Western, Complete Cowboy Novel, Complete Northwest, Crack Detective, Dime Western, Exciting Sports, Popular Western, Real Western, Spy Stories, Sport Story, 10-Story Western, West, Western Aces, and Wild West Weekly. On April 5, 1937 he married Pearl Elizabeth Mather of Montclair, NJ. In 1939 they bought a five-acre property as a weekend home in Poughquag, New York, in Dutchess County. By 1941 he was doing freelance work for Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, and Paramount Studio. He was drafted and served in WW2 as the art director of the U.S. Training Aid Division at Fort Hood, Texas. His wife moved out west and lived at off-base housing and in 1944 their daughter, Carolyn, was born. After the war their property in Poughquaq, NY, became their year-round home. Working from his home art studio, he resumed his post-war pulp magazine career and painted covers for Action-Packed Western, Dynamic Science Fiction, Famous Western, Giant Western, Super Sports, West, Western Action, and Western Trails. In the 1950s he painted covers for paperback book companies, such as Bantam Books, Berkley Medallion Books, Gold Medal Books, Monarch Books, Perma Books, Pocketbooks, Popular Library, Pyramid Books, and Signet Books. He illustrated men's adventure magazines, such as Cavalier, Real, and Real For Men. He also worked for J. Walter Thompson Agency in NYC and he illustrated jobs for Boy's Life, Colliers, United States Shipping Line, and the Hollywood movie poster for The Bridge Over The River Kwai. He remains best known for his paintings created for cover illustrations for western pulp magazines. Source: Carolyn Ross, daughter Sight: 19.25" height, 13.25" width; frame: 28" height, 22" width
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
May. 27, 2020
A Leslie Ross (1910-1989) Western Pulp Painting
Est: $100 - $1,000
A. Leslie Ross (American,1910-1989) Western Pulp illustration art oil painting on canvas. Depicting two snarling cowboys and injured dog. Sun and mountainous horizon in background. Artist signature lower left corner. Circa 1937. Retaining labels with artist info on verso. Canvas: 30 in. x 21 in. Frame: 33 in. x 24 in. Good condition, showing normal age and storage wear. Hill Auction Gallery in house continental USA shipping $125 plus insurance. Gallery will refer a local third party shipper for international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request.
Hill Auction Gallery
May. 04, 2011
A. LESLIE ROSS (American, 1910-1989) Crucifixion, weste
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
A. LESLIE ROSS (American, 1910-1989) Crucifixion, western pulp cover Oil on canvas 29.5 x 20.5 in. Signed lower right
Heritage Auctions
Feb. 11, 2011
LESLIE ROSS (American, 1910-1989) A Wounded Man, probab
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
LESLIE ROSS (American, 1910-1989) A Wounded Man, probable Greater Western pulp cover, circa 1935 Oil on canvas 23 x 19 in. Signed lower left From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 27, 2009
A. LESLIE ROSS (American, 1910-1989) Caught,
Est: $800 - $1,200
A. LESLIE ROSS (American, 1910-1989) Caught, Western pulp cover Oil on canvas 21 x 18 in. Signed lower left From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 15, 2008
A. LESLIE ROSS (American 1910 - 1989) Blood Land,
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
A. LESLIE ROSS (American 1910 - 1989) Blood Land, Dynamic Science Fiction #1 cover, December 1952 Acrylic on board 15 x 11 in. Not signed This cover scene illustrated Alfred Coppel's story, Blood Lands, later reproduced on page 14 of Great Fantasy Art Themes From The Frank Collection by Jane and Howard Frank. A copy of the magazine is included in this lot. Exhibited: The inaugural group show at the Science Fiction Museum, Seattle Washington, 2004. From the Frank Collection.
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 08, 2007
A. Leslie Ross (1910-1989)Pulp magazine cover:
Est: -
A. Leslie Ross (1910-1989)Pulp magazine cover: "When a Man Stands Alone", ca. 1940s; Cowboy on rocky outcrop returning fire, shot through hat.
Illustration House
Dec. 11, 2002
NS front shutter Reflex no. 28
Est: $159 - $239
Sinclair Ltd., London; quarter-plate, black-leather covered body, black and nickelled-metal fittings, black-leather bellows, with a Ross, London Zeiss Tessar f/4.5 150mm. lens no. 18709 in a patent shutter and three double darkslides, in maker's fitted leather case LITERATURE British Journal Photographic Almanac 1911, pp.1006-1009; 1912, pp. 1008-1012. NOTES First announced in 1911 the NS Reflex shown bore only a passing resemblance to the actual production model that was illustrated the following year. The 1911 camera was described as 'the greatest advance in camera construction made for many years and will be welcomed by those wanting the advantages of the Reflex principle without the drawbacks inherent in the focal plane shutter'. At the time of the 1911 advertisement the camera was only noted a 'patent pending' suggesting that the design had not been fully finished. The camera was the subject of British patent 20,016 granted to Arthur S. Newman and Sinclair on 27 August 1910. It described the rotating front shutter mechanism of the camera. By 1912 advertising showed the camera as it actually appeared and described it as 'an epoch-making instrument'. The camera had been sold from 1911 only in quarter-plate and 5 x 4 inch and 9 x 12cm. sizes were ready for 1912. It was described as 'the best possible Reflex camera for the practical worker who wishes to do portraiture or general photography, other than motor races and railway trains and it places at his command opportunities for artistic work which are quite impossible with cameras of the focal plane type'. It sold for œ23 10 0 in quarter-plate. The camera does not appear to have been advertised after the first world war.
Christie's
Dec. 11, 2002
Maharajah sliding box camera
Est: $7,950 - $12,720
George Hare, London; 61/2 x 61/2 inch, sliding box construction, polished mahogany body, lacquered-brass inset binding strips and fittings, the camera back with rack and pinion horizontal and vertical adjustment with locking screws, removable focusing screen, the top with inset label MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR H.H. THE MAHARAJAH OF PUNNAH, BUNDELCUND. BY GEORGE HARE, LONDON, the front-focusing box with a lens panel, one mahogany 7 x 9 inch single wet-collodion darkslide, three mahogany 7 x 9 inch double darkslides, one stamped REGISTERED. HORNE, THRONTHWAITE & WOOD. 28 JANUARY 1847. NO. 600, mahogany flap shutter and three tripod legs, in maker's fitted mahogany and brass bound box with inset white-metal plate MADE EXPRESSLY FOR H.H. THE MAHARAJAR OF PUNNAH BUNDELCUND BY GEORGE HARE, LONDON; two mahogany single darkslides, one mahogany double darkslide, three ebonised wood lens panels, a Ross, London brass bound No. 1 Cabinet lens no. 20664, a Ross, London No. 2a Extra Rapid lens no. 20845, a removable tray holding a Ross 8 x 5 SA Doublet lens no. 18104, a Ross 71/4 x 41/2 OA Doublet lens no. 18027, a Ross 71/4 x 41/2 LA Double lens no. 17066, three flap shutters, Waterhouse stops and a Ross lacquered-brass focus finder, all in a fitted wood box PROVENANCE An unidentified source, Calcutta, 1975, to Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck and thence to Jim Barron. LITERATURE P-H van Hasbroeck (1989), 150 Classic Cameras from 1839 to the Present, pp. 33-35. Jack Naylor, 'The Maharajar's Camera' in Photographica Journal, vol. 2 no. 2, March-April 1985, pp. 10-11. Arthur T. Gill, A Selection of Nineteenth Century British Cameras, n.d. un-paginated. NOTES George Hare (1825-1913) was born in Yorkshire where he was apprenticed to his father as a joiner. After working in York he moved to London and joined the firm of Thomas Ottewill before starting his own business circa 1856. The firm was originally located at 140 Pentonville Road before moving to 1 Lower Calthorpe Street, London, in 1864 and in 1877 it moved to 26 Calthorpe Street, London, where it remained until its demise. Hare introduced various designs of cameras including a binocular camera in 1860 and New Universal camera in 1871 which was based on W. J. Stillman's patent (number 3069) of 14 November 1871 which allowed for a swinging and tilting focusing back. This patent is incorporated into this camera and according to Barron: 'a particularly noteworthy feature of this camera is the method used to achieve rear tilt and swing (Stillman's patent) which would make demands on the most skilful joiner and accordingly would be expensive to produce. It is the only known example of this Stillman patent known [to me]'.
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