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ABNER DEAN.
Contented man sleeping with his golf trophy. Ink and wash on paper. 355x230 mm; 14x9
1
/
4
inches. Signed lower right.Tipped to matte. Possibly an unused cover design for The New
Yorker. Circa 1950s.
[600/900]
Born Abner Epstein, a nephew of famed sculptor Jacob Epstein,Abner Dean was a Dartmouth graduate
and studied at the National Academy of Design. Jules Feiffer in his memoir praises “the semi-surreal
New Yorker panels of Abner Dean, who drew full-page panels of naked men and women
with one-line captions instead of dialogue.” Dean also contributed to Esquire, Life and other
important magazines.
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RICHARD DECKER.
“Do you suppose they know something we don’t know?” Pen and ink cartoon on paper.
534x305 mm; 21x12 inches, sheet. Signed in image, lower left. Published in The New
Yorker, January 28, 1961. Some toning and light soiling on recto, some on verso, with
printer’s marks and NewYorker stamps.
[400/600]
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