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Detail from The Rape of the Stationmaster’s Daughter, an undated early 1940s tempera on paper. Elements of this work were adapted by designer Laura Lindgren for the cover of The Curiously Sinister Art of Jim Flora, and the complete painting was featured in the book. On the production schedule for March 2008: the fine art print.

Detail, tempera on paper, 1962

Detail, Joel Flora birth announcement, July 1947Image courtesy Richard Loffer

Detail, untitled holiday painting, ca. 1951. These stemware sophisticates also appear on a t-shirt Sketch, ca. 1951, featuring a draft of the celebratory duo

Detail, March 1943 Columbia-Okeh Popular Recordsmonthly flyer; panel: Harry James

montage by IC using early 1950s Flora details Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Merry Saturnalia, Happy Festivus—whatever.

Detail, March 1943 Columbia-Okeh Popular Records monthly flyer panel: Okeh Country Dance, Folk Songs, and Blues

Detail from untitled painting, ca. 1960sAnother detail appears here

Quartet San Francisco’s 2007 CD, Whirled Chamber Music, has been nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Classical Crossover Album. This might be the first-ever album with a Flora cover to earn a Grammy nod.

Detail, Grand Opening Migraine, a.k.a., Behind the Green Door (both titles penciled on reverse)painting, ca. 1974

Now on eBay:Spanky new from Jim Flora Art LLC and Yee-Haw Industrial Letterpress, Knoxville: three different sets of four unique cards each. The cards are hand-printed letterpress on recycled paper and come bundled with kraft envelopes in a clear sleeve. Fun to mail, funner to receive, but also klassy-kool for framing.Above: quartet of 1955 hepcats from the “Plant You Now, Dig You Later” set. Below, the “Deluxe-O-Tone” line of retro-record players (1940s- and 1950s-era):Here’s the…

Detail, Baltimore, tempera on paper, ca. mid-1960s