Sale 2495 - Illustration Art, December 6, 2018

95 c FOSTER CADDELL, JR. “Fireman’s Carnival.” Likely a story illustration for a magazine, circa 1950s. Gouache on board. 418x616 mm; 16 1 / 2 x24 1 / 4 inches. Signed in lower left image and stamped on verso. Tipped to window matte. [2,000/3,000] Caddell (1921-2013) was known for landscape and portrait painting in addition to his illustration work. Author of several instructional books, he also ran a large and popular art school in southeastern Connecticut. This charming illustration by Caddell features his characteristic mastery of light which falls over an enthralled crowd from a carnival Ferris wheel on a summer’s evening. 96 c MATT CLARK. “At last Finch saw in the dimness a man and a girl on a spirited horse riding toward him. Pico Pico had kept his promise.” Story illustration for “The Senorita’s Choice” by Russell Quinn and James Danforth, published in The American Weekly, with their stamp dated December 31, 1950 on verso. Oil on board. 381x686 mm; 15x27 inches, on 15 3 / 4 x27 1 / 2 -inch board. Signed and dated [19]50 in lower right image. Taped to window matte; framed. [2,500/3,500] 95 96