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WILLIAM STEIG.

Two couples registering at hotel.Watercolor, pen and ink. 132x114 mm; 5

1

/

8

x4

1

/

2

inches.

Signed in ink lower right. Inscribed on verso “Relax in Reno by O. [indecipherable].

Willy Steig.”Tipped to matte. Small crack to upper right margin, recto.

[300/400]

With a small unsigned pencil doodle of a dog, on paper, from his personal library. 3x5 inches.

209

EDWARD SOREL.

Election 1998. Pen and ink and watercolor

on paper. 415x315 mm; 16

1

/

4

x12

1

/

2

inches.

Framed. Gift inscription at bottom that

reads in full:“For Alan on his 60th birthday

with lots of good wishes from his fan

Edward Sorel. 7/98.” Variant sketch,

appeared in slightly differing version as the

cover for the November 11, 1996 issue of

The NewYorker.

[1,000/1,500]

210

EDWARD SOREL.

“There’s no banking like no banking.” Ink

and graphite on tracing paper.390x320 mm;

15

1

/

2

x12

1

/

2

inches. Upper corners stapled in

the margin, light smudging. Unsigned.

[600/900]

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