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MEAD SCHAEFFER.
The Alaska Census. Oil on canvas. 600x755
mm; 23
3
/
4
x29
3
/
4
inches. Signed with
monogram and dated at bottom. Over
original stretcher bars in later frame. 1927.
[6,000/9,000]
Frontispiece for a McCall’s 1927 feature on a
woman’s adventure during theAlaskan Gold Rush.
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MEAD SCHAEFFER.
The Mutineers. Oil on canvas. 700x400
mm; 27
3
/
4
x15
1
/
2
inches. Signed lower right.
Over original stretcher bars in later frame.
Circa 1920s.
[3,500/5,000]
Still in his twenties, Schaeffer was hired by the
publisher Dodd-Mead to illustrate a series of books
much like N.C.Wyeth had done for Scribner’s
Classics.Among the titles were Moby Dick,Typee,
and Omoo by Herman Melville.The present was
likely executed as a book illustration for one of
these commissions.
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