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Title: Pat Enright New York European War Debt to USA Circa 1930 Exhibited Art Institute of Chicago 1939 Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing

Description: Pat Enright New York European War Debt to USA Circa 1930 Exhibited Art Institute of Chicago 1939 Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing. A large original drawing depicting a crying Europe with crocodile tears lamenting the war debt to the USA. Winning bidder will receive a Certificate of Authenticity with the drawing. (Please note that the original drawing is nicer than what the digital photograph shows). 200/300 Start70

Approx. Dimensions or Size: Please see images for included numeric size indications in inches.

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Estimated weight of package: 11 lbs. DIM Dimensional weight.

Package size: 32x32x2

The state of preservation of these comic strips that are on average over 75 years old is quite exceptional. Very, very few have any creases, tears or losses to the paper and the ink has remained uniformly vivid thanks to the family’s dry flat storage. Given that these were working drawings from which prints were made the expected edge markings, blue highlightings, notations, inscriptions, pasted labels, tack holes, staples, glue residues and scattered artist and proofer’s corrections can be found variously on the examples as illustrated in the photographs. These all add to the authenticity and charm of the newsroom and pressroom atmosphere between the Wars, serving to reinforce the iconic status of these rare surviving testimonies to the comic illustrator’s art. In a few examples additional notations have been made in the description section of the catalogue text for significant damage, however the condition sensitive collector is encouraged to contact our sale expert for additional lot details in advance of the auction date.