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Sale 2556 | Lot 239
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Sale 2556 - Lot 239
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
JOHN HELD, JR. (1889-1958)
"The Nest of Hornets." Probable calendar image, September, circa 1922. Opaque watercolor on board. 392x295 mm; 15 1/2x11 3/4 inches, on 18 1/2x12 1/2-inch board. Signed "John Held Jr." near lower center image. Taped to window matte; framed. Hard crease at lower left.
Provenance: American Illustrators Gallery, July 1992, with their label on verso of frame's backing board; thence to Dick McDonough.
Illustrated in The Most of John Held, Jr. by Marc Connelly (foreword) and Carl J. Weinhardt (introduction) (Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1972, page 42), and again in America's Great Illustrators by Susan E. Meyer (New York: Galahad Books, 1978, page 295).
"The Nest of Hornets." Probable calendar image, September, circa 1922. Opaque watercolor on board. 392x295 mm; 15 1/2x11 3/4 inches, on 18 1/2x12 1/2-inch board. Signed "John Held Jr." near lower center image. Taped to window matte; framed. Hard crease at lower left.
Provenance: American Illustrators Gallery, July 1992, with their label on verso of frame's backing board; thence to Dick McDonough.
Illustrated in The Most of John Held, Jr. by Marc Connelly (foreword) and Carl J. Weinhardt (introduction) (Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1972, page 42), and again in America's Great Illustrators by Susan E. Meyer (New York: Galahad Books, 1978, page 295).
Condition:
Overall, illustration is bright with strong coloring. Hard crease, approximately 4 inches long, at lower left, part of which is within image area. Titled in graphite in artist's hand within lower margin, above "September." Registration marks and printer's notations in margins with some smudging and scattered discoloration. Board has soft corners. Verso has additional scattered printer's notations in ink and graphite. Captioned on matte.
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