67 / 172
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CHARLES DAVIS MITCHELL.
Couple with martinis. Pencil on board. 425x590 mm; 169
1
/
2
x23 inches. Signed lower right.
Some uneven tanning, two corners nicked. Likely magazine illustration. Nd.
[800/1,200]
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Charles D. Mitchell came of age at the same time as such sophisti-
cated magazine illustrators as F.R. Gruger, Henry Raleigh, F.C.Yohn and John R. Neill. He began
contributing to The Saturday Evening Post in 1907, and drew for many other magazines including
The Delineator, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal and McCall’s. He was especially in
demand for his spirited drawings of elegant young women and handsome men, often languishing in
chairs or on sofas and engaged in ardent conversation. See Reed,The Illustrator in America, p. 152.
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101
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CASIMIR B. MAYSHARK.
“Death for the Decoy.” Oil on board. 620x430 mm; 24
1
/
2
x17 inches. Cover illustration for
Sky Birds pulp magazine published September, 1934. DepictsWW1 dogfight with a British
two-seater Austin Greyhound biplane engaging German fighter from below. Few small sur-
face abrasions and nicks. Signed lower left. Framed.
[2,000/3,000]