[This post, created on June 30, 2018, is very simple: It shows the cover of the August, 1958 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, in which appeared the first installment of Robert Heinlein’s Have Spacesuit – Will Travel. It’s now updated to an image of Edmund Emshwiller’s (a.k.a. EMSH) original cover art. The original composition readily conveys how the center of activity and therefore visual interest in Emshwiller’s composition, is situated to right and at bottom, leaving room for the magazine’s title and contents to left and at top. Also, both the original painting and the cover as published are a great example of how Emshwiller would cleverly situate his logo – EMSH – within the painting in such a manner as to make it an almost natural part of the scene.]
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The cover as published…
…Edmund Emshwiller’s original art, from Heritage Auctions. The original is described as “acrylic on board, 19.75 x 13.5 inches, framed under acrylic to 24.5 x 18.25 inches, from the Glynn and Suzanne Crain Collection“.
Reference
“Have Spacesuit-Will Travel, Fantasy and Science Fiction cover”, August 1958, at Heritage Auctions
June 30, 2018