Sale 2556 | Lot 184

Illustration Art

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Sale 2556 | Lot 184
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ARTHUR B. FROST (1851-1928)
"Nature Study With a Camera" Together, 21 drawings for a 20-panel cartoon published in The Ladies' Home Journal, August 1915. Three of the included panels were replaced with a different composition in the final publication. Pen and ink on stiff paper. Image sizes vary, each on an approximately 185x245 mm; 7 1/2x9 1/2-inch sheet. Final page signed "A. B. Frost." Not dated. Loose sheets organized into 3-ring binder with sheet protectors. A 24-panel concept study sheet in graphite accompanies the lot.

The full published caption reads "Nature Study With a Camera: William Tries to Photograph a Lamb and Finds its Action so Contagious That He Becomes Quite Lamblike."

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Graphite ghosting and texturing within image area on most sheets. Pin holes, registration marks, and printer's notations in graphite whithin margins. Minor toning and scattered discolorations [see images]. Some sheets have additional sketches on verso.

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