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BILL WARD.
SupportWoman’s Lib.
Charcoal and wash cartoon on paper. 559x356 mm; 22x14 inches. Signed, bottom center.
Taped to illustration board and framed. Beneath the drawing are two versions of possible
captions. The final version, in ink, reads “Sure I’m in favor of women’s liberation - why
shouldn’t a gal express her natural aggressive tendencies.”
[800/1,200]
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ALBERTINE RANDALL WHEELAN.
“Dare-Devil Dick.”
Pen and ink on paper. 186x130mm; 7x5
1
/
8
inches. Unsigned. Tipped to window matte.
Illustration for a character in Mary Austin’s play The Man Who Didn’t Believe in
Christmas in St. Nicholas Magazine, December 1917.
[250/350]
An appealing illustration for Austin’s holiday drama.With a nod to the famous Brandywine illustra-
tor, she added “After Wyeth” to the outlaw’s caption. San Francisco native Wheelan was the head
costume designer for David Belasco as well as a popular syndicated cartoonist of “Rabbitboro” and
“The Dumbunnies” inspired by Lewis Carrol’s March Hare and White Rabbit. Her work appeared
regularly in Harper’s Bazaar, Harper’sYoung People, St. Nicholas, andThe NewYork HeraldTribune.
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GLUYAS WILLIAMS.
Waving man with derby.
Pen and ink on note card. 75x135 mm;
3x5
1
/
2
inches. Signed and inscribed: “For
Joe Eddins from Gluyas Williams.”
Williams’s work was best known from his
New Yorker illustrations, and he counted
among his friends C.D. Gibson and E.B.
White. Circa 1930s.
[200/300]
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