The Korshak Collection

The Korshak Collection features artwork by pioneering artists from over and a century of published science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

These adventure and fantasy illustrations appeared on the covers of timeless novels such as the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s, such as Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Fantastic Adventures, and Wonder Stories. Featuring artwork for hardcover and paperback books by Robert E. Howard, L. Ron Hubbard, and Robert Heinlein, among others. Including images of mischievous satyrs, ethereal mermaids, and spell-casting witches, from Don Quixote and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to works by Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells.

Carnival of Souls

Jaschik Álmos (1885-1950)
c. 1935
Watercolor w/ gouache

Deathworld 2

James Avati (1912-2005)
1964
Oil on canvas board

Originally published in: Cover illustration for
paperback book Deathworld 2,
Written by Harry Harrison
Published by Bantam Books, 1964

Le Morte d'Arthur

Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)
1894
Pen and ink

Originally published in: Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory,
London: Dent, 1894, Book X, Chapter 19, "How Sir Lamorak
Jousted with Sir Palomides, and Hurt Him Grievously"

Army of the Dead

Wladyslaw T. Benda (1873-1948)
1917
Charcoal on paper

Unpublished commission for Polish army poster

Shadow Over Mars

Earle Bergey (1901-1952)
1944
Oil on canvas

Published: Cover illustration for Startling Stories magazine, Fall 1944

A Rose for Ecclesiates

Hannes Bok (1914-1964)
1963
Gouache on illustration board

Published: Wrap around cover of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction For “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” by Roger Zelazny

Hell's Angel

Hannes Bok (1914-1964)
1951
Gouache on illustration board

Published: Cover of Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy magazine for “Hell’s Angel” by Robert Bloch (Greenleaf Publishing Co., IL, June 1951)

Marvel Science Fiction Cover

Hannes Bok (1914-1964)
1951
Mixed media on illustration board

Originally published in:
Independent illustration, appeared on cover of Marvel Science
Fiction magazine
Stadium Publishing Corporation, August 1951

Oblivion Quest

Hannes Bok (1914-1964)
1951
Pen and ink

Published: Super Science Stories magazine
for Oblivion Quest by Wilbur S. Peacock
(Fictioneers, Inc., June 1951)

Skull-Face and Others

Hannes Bok (1914-1964)
1946
Gouache on illustration board

Published:
Book jacket illustration for Skull-Face and Others by Robert E. Howard (Arkham House, 1946)

Pickman's Model

Hannes Bok (1914-1964)
1950
Mixed media on illustration board

Published: Cover illustration for Weird Tales magazine’s March 1940 issue depicting creatures from Clyde Irvine’s story “The Horror in the Glen”

Slaves of Sleep

Hannes Bok (1914-1964)
1948
Mixed media on illustration board

Published: Book jacket illustration for Slaves of Sleep by L. Ron Hubbard (Shasta Publishers, Chicago, IL, 1948)

The Horror in the Glen

Hannes Bok (1914-1964)
1939
Mixed media on illustration board

Published: Cover illustration for Weird Tales magazine’s March 1940 issue depicting creatures from Clyde Irvine’s story “The Horror in the Glen”

Hymn on Christ's Nativity

Franklin Booth (1874-1948)
c. 1929
Pen and ink with watercolor

Published:
Frontispiece for later art book on Franklin Booth; illustration for Hymn on Christ’s Nativity poem by John Milton, published 1929.
Frontispiece for later art book on Franklin Booth

Altar of Melek Taos

Margaret Brundage (1900-1976)
1932
Pastel on paper

Published: Cover of Weird Tales magazine, September 1932
(Popular Fiction Publishing Co.) for “Altar of Melek Taos” by G. G. Pendarves

Witch's Mark

Margaret Brundage (1900-1976)
1938
Pastel on paper

Published: Cover of Weird Tales magazine
(Popular Fiction Publishing Co., January 1938)
For “The Witch’s Mark” by Dorothy Quick

Profiteer: Hostile Takeover #1

Jim Burns (b. 1948)
1994 (published in 1995)
Acrylic (airbrush) on illustration board

Published: Cover illustration for paperback book Profiteer: Hostile Takeover #1 by S. Andrew Swann (DAW Books, Inc., 1995)

Faust

Harry Clarke (1889-1931)
1925
Pen and ink, watercolor

Frontispiece for Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1925.

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Harry Clarke (1889-1931)
1919
Pen and ink

Originally published in: Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe for the story "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", Published by G.G. Harrap & Co.: London, 1919.

The Pit and the Pendulum

Harry Clarke (1889-1931)
1919
Pen and ink

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe for the story "The Pit and the Pendulum", Published by G.G. Harrap & Co.: London, 1919.

Professor Challenger

Joseph Clement Coll (1881-1921)
1912
Pen and ink

Published: Interior illustration (page 3) for The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, Associated Sunday Magazine, April 7, 1912.

Don Quixote

Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
1863
Pen and ink

Originally published in: (possibly unpublished illustration)
Don Quixote de la Mancha (L'ingénieux hidalgo don Quichotte de la Manche) by Miguel de Cervantes, French translation by Louis Viardot, Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et cie, 1863.

The Tempest - Full Fathoms Five

Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)
1908
Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink on paper

Published: Shakespeare, William. Tempest, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908, colored plate 13, facing page 34.
Illustrated London News, 28 Nov. 1908, lot 758

Cover of Science Fiction Stories

Ed Emsh (1925-1990)
1955
Gouache on illustration board

Published: Cover of Science Fiction Stories Magazine (Columbia Publications, Inc., May 1955)

Spaceman

Ed Emsh (1925-1990)
c. 1965
Gouache on illustration board