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Sale 2556 | Lot 180
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Sale 2556 - Lot 180
Group of 21 caricatures of 20th-century comedians commissioned for the Comedy Hall of Fame, circa 2005. Ink with occasional watercolor on stiff paper. 431x356 mm; 17x14 inches, plus two lithographs printed in pink, black, and white, created from drawings of the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy, measuring slightly smaller. All signed by Lee.
In addition to the Marx Brothers and a different rendering of Laurel and Hardy than the litho, the original drawings include: Abbott and Costello, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Charlie Chaplin, Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar, Buster Keaton, Jerry Lewis, Moms Mabley, Mae West, among others.
Condition:
Lithographs are slightly wrinkled with matte burn to Laurel & Hardy, and some small punctures at upper corners of Marx Brothers. Drawings are nicely inked, with some graphite ghosting. Toning to extreme edges of sheets, some with slight soft creasing to edges or corners. Many have pin holes to upper corners with scattered discolorations. See images for condition of individual sheets.
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