Swann Galleries - 20th Century Illustration - Sale 2337 - January 23, 2014 - page 28

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UMBERTO BRUNELLESCHI.
“J’ai de la chance,mon cheri, d’avoir de la galette. . . ”
Pen and ink and wash on paper. 356x292 mm; 14x11
1
/
2
inch oval on 229x305 mm; 19x12
inch sheet. Signed, center right. Printer’s penciled instructions at top, captioned lower mar-
gin. Overall minor soiling and some soft creases. Circa 1930s.
[600/900]
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CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL.
“Bistri of Perchina, Grandfather of Shiela.”
Pencil sketch on board of a Russian wolfhound. 127x127 mm; 5x5 inches, image.
Unsigned but titled in Bull’s hand, lower right. A fine canine portrait by the master animal
artist who was known for his illustrations of wolfhounds and Borzoi breeds.
Circa 1915.
[200/300]
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DICK CALKINS.
Buck Rogers partial daily comic strip. “The Myserious [sic]
Mongol, True to Form Kept a Stony Silence.” From the Meeting the Mongols series
depicting the Mysterious Mongol confessing under electrono-hypnotic influence to
knowledge of Om-Ka-Zoril and Morke-Ka Lono’s “super powered ray projector.” Ink and
some watercolor. 419x625 mm; 6
1
/
2
x24
5
/
8
inches, sheet. Contains crossed-out and panel
overlay revisions, white out, and pencil corrections. Signed “Lt. Dick Calkins-Air Corps
Res. 99” in last panel and in thick red ink: “Compliments of Buck Rogers, Phil Nowlan /
Dick Calkins.” Circa 1929.
[1,000/1,500]
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