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

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85 ● GIL COHEN.
“Desert Chase.” Gouache and watercolor
on board. 457x293 mm; 18x111/2 inches,
image. Image of two frightened young boys
in a getaway army truck being chased by
speeding thugs alongside a fast moving
train, for Scholastic Magazine. 1970s.
[250/350]
86 ● LUCILLE CORCOS.
Everybody’s Downtown.Tempera on board.
368x282 mm; 141/2x111/8 inches. Signed lower
left. Mounted to page in album. Circa 1950.
[2,000/3,000]
A charming painting of a busy small town main
street at night,in Corcos’s well-known style of highly
detailed and colorful composite images. Mounted to
a page in an album containing 10 printed copies of
her covers and fold-out illustrations, also mounted,
some on multiple leaves. Known as a “modern
primitivist”ofAmerican art who studied under Jean
Matulka, Corcos illustrated many children’s books
and her works graced the covers of many American
magazines and journals including Vanity Fair,
AmericanWeekly, and This Week Magazine. Ex-
collection Lester Rossin of Lester Rossin Associates.
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