Sale 2495 - Illustration Art, December 6, 2018

120 c PERRY PETERSON. Girl on a park bench. Illustration for a “Ms. Willard” story for The Saturday Evening Post, circa 1955. Ink, wash, and watercolor on board. 432x292 mm; 17x11 1 / 2 inches, on 20 1 / 2 x14 1 / 2 -inch board. Signed “Peterson” in lower right. Taped to matte. [400/600] 121 c GORDON PHILLIPS. Almost got it! Likely an illustration for a magazine cover. Gouache on board. 432x254 mm; 17x10 inches, image, on 25x17 1 / 2 -inch board. Signed in lower left image. A few small spots of foxing in right margin. Framed. [1,000/2,000] 122 c JOHN PIKE. “My Strange Night with the Crocodiles.” Watercolor and gouache on board. 451x673 mm; 17 3 / 4 x26 1 / 2 inches, on 20x29-inch board. Signed in left image. Archivally taped to window matte; framed. Provenance: From the collection of the Society of Illustrators.   [1,200/1,800] 120 121 122