Swann Galleries - Illustration Art - Sale 2403 - January 28, 2016

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17 ● HAROLD MATHEWS BRETT.
“Promoting Patricio.” Oil on board.
515x720 mm; 20x28 inches. Unsigned
cover illustration published March 24,
1928 by Collier’s magazine to accompany
the Peter K. Byrne story. Framed.
[800/1,200]
18 ● ARTHURWILLIAM BROWN.
“The Best People.” Watercolor and
gouache on board. 438x406 mm; 17 1/4x16
inches. Signed and dated in image, lower
right. Illustration for story of the same
name, published in Redbook magazine,
January, 1943, with their job stamp on
verso. Crack to board, slightly visible in
upper right middle section. [250/350]
19 ● CHARLES GREEN BUSH.
Bad Santa. Pen and ink on paper. 540x540 mm; 211/2x211/2 inches, sight. Signed lower left.
Small label mounted to bottom margin. Bags emptied, bottle of Scotch in pocket, Santa
slumbers as the reindeer whisk him back to the North Pole. Matted and framed. Nd.
[500/750]
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