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Sale 2574 | Lot 236
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Sale 2574 - Lot 236
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
NORMAN MINGO (1896-1980)
"The Planet of the Apes." Preliminary study for cover of Mad magazine, issue no. 157, published March 1973, featuring a mask with the face of the publication's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman. Mixed media, including pastel and graphite on thin paper mounted to larger board. 198x205 mm; 7 3/4x8 inches, on 10 3/4x8-inch sheet. Signed "Norman Mingo" in margin at lower left, and titled with publication information in graphite on mount board below.
Provenance: From the artist's estate.
"The Planet of the Apes." Preliminary study for cover of Mad magazine, issue no. 157, published March 1973, featuring a mask with the face of the publication's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman. Mixed media, including pastel and graphite on thin paper mounted to larger board. 198x205 mm; 7 3/4x8 inches, on 10 3/4x8-inch sheet. Signed "Norman Mingo" in margin at lower left, and titled with publication information in graphite on mount board below.
Provenance: From the artist's estate.
Condition:
Illustration is clean and bright, with very minor rippling visible in upper portion of sheet within background (lays flat). Sheet is coming loose from board mount in lower corners. Written in graphite along lower edge of board "Preliminary sketch - cover #157 - March 1973 "Planet of Apes." Minor nicks to edges of board mount.
Verso has labels from Christie's Comic Collectibles sale, sale 7925, November 1, 1996, where it passed unsold (lot 40).
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