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Sale 2574 | Lot 212
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Sale 2574 - Lot 212
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
JACK DAVIS (1924-2016)
"Take me to your leader." Original cartoon for Playboy, published February 1959, with their stamp in upper margin. Subsequently reproduced in Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture, A Career Retrospective by Jack Davis and William Stout (Seattle, Wash.: Fantagraphics, 2011), page 127 and Playboy Cartoon Klassiker by Thomas Buchsteiner and Otto Letze (Osfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000), page 28. Watercolor over graphite on board. 330x265 mm; 13x10 1/4 inches, on 17 3/4x15-inch board. Signed "Jack Davis" in lower right image. Taped to matte that has caption written in letter stickers; archivally framed.
"Take me to your leader." Original cartoon for Playboy, published February 1959, with their stamp in upper margin. Subsequently reproduced in Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture, A Career Retrospective by Jack Davis and William Stout (Seattle, Wash.: Fantagraphics, 2011), page 127 and Playboy Cartoon Klassiker by Thomas Buchsteiner and Otto Letze (Osfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000), page 28. Watercolor over graphite on board. 330x265 mm; 13x10 1/4 inches, on 17 3/4x15-inch board. Signed "Jack Davis" in lower right image. Taped to matte that has caption written in letter stickers; archivally framed.
Condition:
Illustration is clean and bright, with some discolorations to upper and lower margins that fall within the image area when matted. Playboy stamp in upper margin. Various printer's notations, registration lines, tape, and dried and discolored adhesive residue in margins. Verso has various printer's notations and publication info, such as date "Feb [19]59" in red ink, and typed label with "Jack Davis/Feb. 1959/Page 59 [number handwritten] at lower left. Some surface loss to verso, likely from removal of old adhesive (does not affect recto). Taped to archival matte. Framed with plexi to 24x19¾ inches. Kraft paper backing of frame has Christie's label.
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