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AL PARKER.
“Face of the Tiger.” Watercolor and pencil on board. 394x595 mm; 15
1
/
2
x23
1
/
4
inches.
Unsigned but with label on verso of frame. Illustration for the story of the same name by
Ursula Curtiss in Ladies’ Home Journal, June 1958. Foxed in image.
[800/1,200]
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HENRY NAPPENBACH.
“Murder Alley” San Francisco, Old
Chinatown.” Watercolor and charcoal on
paper. 680x500 mm; 26
3
/
4
x19
1
/
2
inches.
Signed with presentation inscription in
pencil lower right, titled above. Framed.
Circa 1890s.
[500/750]
Nappenbach immigrated from Munich to San
Francisco in 1885 to work as an engraver. He
painted landscape and city scenes in his spare
time and became known for such work, eventually
landing him a job managing the art department
of the American Magazine. The inscription
reads, “For Bob Aitkens, from your admiring
friend and Brother Bohemian, HNAP.” Better
known as Robert Ingersoll Aitkens, Bob was an
American sculptor responsible for the west pedi-
ment of the Supreme Court building in
Washington D.C. and fellow member of San
Francisco’s private Bohemian Club.
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