59 / 172
85
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B. LATHAM KIDDER.
“In Exile.” Gouache on board. Two panels, 435x310 mm; 17
1
/
4
x12 inches each. Signed.
Tipped to matte. Published in Liberty Magazine with their label on verso. Nd.
[600/900]
86
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ALEXANDER KING.
“The inhabitants who cried to the heavens prayed to Epilepsy__.” Ink on paper. 300x210
mm; 12x8
1
/
2
inches, sight. Captioned below in the artist’s hand with last two letters affected.
Matted, with production notes on verso. 1931.
[400/600]
Illustration for Charles Fort’s apocalyptic book Lo! (New York: Claude Kendall, 1931). King exe-
cuted an improbable last act in his career that had him as a frequent guest on the Tonight Show hosted
by Jack Paar, with King regaling audiences with tales of his sordid past and various misadventures as
an artist, writer, drug-addict and womanizer.
87
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HEINRICH KLEY.
“Steel Workers.”Watercolor, tempera and ink on board. 210x225 mm; 8
1
/
4
x9 inches. Signed
lower left. Matted and framed. Nd.
[600/900]
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