Swann Galleries - Illustration Art - Sale 2372 - January 22, 2015

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40 ● CLIFFORD KENNEDY
BERRYMAN.
“The ‘Peerless’ Enthusiast.” Pen and ink
on paper. 335x355 mm; 131/4x14 inches.
Signed and dated lower right. Matted.
Green River,Vermont, July, 1924.
[300/400]
Depicts William Jennings Bryan wearing
“Davis & Bryan” ribbon. JohnW. Davis and
CharlesW. Bryan (younger brother of William
Jennings) were the Democratic Party presidential
andVP nominees in 1924, eventually losing to
incumbent Calvin Coolidge.
39 ● THOMAS HART BENTON.
“Reprieve.” Pen and ink drawing on The Plaza hotel stationery, depicting Leonard Lyons
as an angel presenting a receipt to Benton while Uncle Sam shackles his leg with a ball
and chain. 165x133 mm; 6 1/2x51/4 inches, recto, folded 8vo sheet, mounted to board along
top half inch, two short clean tears at top, chip to lower outer corner, and glue residue on
verso of stationery and board. Signed by Benton in ink, lower right; full manuscript title
and inscription reads: “`Reprieve’” Latest Benton Work. Made, dedicated, and here
presented to Leonara Lyons by Thomas H. Benton, May 24-`64.” NewYork City, 1964.
[400/600]
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