Who was Eunice Gray, author of the spicy 1959 ‘romance’ Steffi?
Don’t ask me. You can find several Eunice Grays, one an author but surely not of a novel like Steffi. Another was a scientist, another the proprietor of a turn of the century (19th to 20th, that is) bordello, of all things.
There are more, but I’m not convinced any are the Eunice Gray (if that’s not a pen name) who lucked out with this saucy Clement Micarelli cover art. I’m supposing Micarelli referred to the frequently seen publicity photo of Swedish actress Anita Ekberg (1931 – 2015) in lieu of a model for Steffi’s gouache illustration, but if not, it’s uncanny how similar the poses are.
Wow, that is pretty uncanny if that wasn’t used as the illustration guide.
Think the publicity shot was by Andre de Dienes
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Mind, you, there’s nothing unusual or wrong with commercial illustrators using references. Intriguing, though. Thanks so much for the likely photographer credit!
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