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Sale 2556 | Lot 255
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Sale 2556 - Lot 255
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CHARLES SAXON (1920-1988)
Practice Swing. Cover illustration study for The New Yorker, published April 18, 1970. Charcoal and watercolor on paper laid to thin board. 343x248 mm; 13 1/2x9 3/4 inches, laid to 19 1/4x16-inch board. Signed "Saxon" in lower right image. Hinged to matte; framed. A tear sheet of the printed cover accompanies the lot.
Provenance: Swann Galleries, June 4, 2019, Lot 196; thence to Dick McDonough.
The final study for Saxon's well-known cover of a man eagerly anticipating that first game of the season.
Practice Swing. Cover illustration study for The New Yorker, published April 18, 1970. Charcoal and watercolor on paper laid to thin board. 343x248 mm; 13 1/2x9 3/4 inches, laid to 19 1/4x16-inch board. Signed "Saxon" in lower right image. Hinged to matte; framed. A tear sheet of the printed cover accompanies the lot.
Provenance: Swann Galleries, June 4, 2019, Lot 196; thence to Dick McDonough.
The final study for Saxon's well-known cover of a man eagerly anticipating that first game of the season.
Condition:
Good, colorful surface with no visibile fading. Saxon's energetic brushwork is visible and can be appreciated on the recto. That energy is also apparent in the paint and a few stray marks in the margins and outside of the visual crop marks. Fully mounted to back board with no additional markings on verso. Current frame is a basic light wood and glass; likely not archival.
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