JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
This is not a particularly early Cubust-like comic book or sci-fi pulp image–it actually comes quite late in the career of early Cubism, in 1934–some 21 years or so following the pro forma appearance of the movement at the Armory in 1913. But it is interesting, and seems to have been composed in context with the story–and it looks rather good.
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The earliest examples go right back into the very heart of Cubism:
This is a detail from a very early example, “Mamma’s Angel Child”, by M.T. “Penny” Ross, which appeared within a year or two of the show. Ross (1881-1937) was a very active illustrator and seemingly somewhat Zelig-like, somewhat everywhere, and signed this work “Paul Vincent Cezanne Van Gogen Gaugin”, just to make sure that there was no mistake, and no real understatement.
