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RONALD SEARLE.
Sleeping Valkyrie. Pen and ink on paper.
343x285 mm; 13
1
/
2
x11
1
/
4
inches. Signed in
image, lower right and with Searle’s hand-
stamp and 1987 copyright notice on verso
along with crossed out pencil sketch of
the standingValkyrie. Promotional illustra-
tion for the Metropolitan Opera House,
most likely a promotional item for a
forthcoming production of Wagner’s Ring
Cycle.
[600/900]
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CHARLES SCHULZ.
Snoopy. Ink on paper. 250x310 mm; 8
3
/
4
x12
1
/
4
inches.Warmly inscribed “For Mr. and Mrs.
Fank Stanton with every best wish for 1966 - Joyce & Charles Schulz.” Subtle toning and
ink faded. Matted and framed. 1966.
[2,000/3,000]
Stanton served as the president of CBS from 1946 to 1971. Schulz presented this to Stanton the
year CBS broadcast the second holiday-themed Peanuts musical animated special, It’s the Great
Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, following the Emmy Award winning A Charlie Brown Christmas from
the year earlier.
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