Lot 7
Will Crawford Well Listed Montana Western Artist Tri
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Title: Will Crawford Well Listed Montana Western Artist Tripoli for Puck Magazine Circa 1918 VERY LARGE and VERY FINE Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing
Description: Will Crawford Well Listed Montana Western Artist Tripoli for Puck Magazine Circa 1918 VERY LARGE and VERY FINE Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing
Crawford has exhibited at the Charles Russell Art Show and the Society of Illustrators. He was a lifelong friend of James Cagny, having carved eight wooden panels in Cagney’s home and worked as an illustrator and is well known for his cowboy and western art. Much more can be found at AskArt dot com.
His larger works always bring in the $2,000.00 to $4,000.00 range and we believe that this huge example that was published in Puck Magazine may be one of his finest and most powerful as it depicts Italy standing over a fallen Moor, gun in hand, as Spain and France rejoice the dead Moors of Morocco and Algiers. Also an artist for Life magazine.
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).
Approx. Dimensions or Size: Please see images for included numeric size indications in inches.
Hess Fine Auction shipping NOTE: Item is too large or too heavy for us.
You must pick it up here in St. Pete or hire a local shipper at your expense.
Many of our customers use P.K.G.s, a nearby shipper who picks up here for you.
Call Thad at 727.895.7547 for details and pay P.K.G.s for shipping.
A second option for some of our customers has been the Tampa office of Craters & Freighters who also pick up at our offices. Call Justin at 813.889.9008 for more information about their services and rates. .
Please ignore any shipping calculations or package sizes in the listing or our store template and contact Pkgs, Craters & Freighters or the shipper of your choice to determine box size, box weight, billable DIM dimensional weight, etc.
Estimated weight of package: NOTE: Item is too large or too heavy for us.
You must pick it up here in St. Pete or hire a local shipper at your expense.
Many of our customers use P.K.G.s, a nearby shipper who picks up here for you.
Call Thad at 727.895.7547 for details and pay P.K.G.s for shipping.
A second option for some of our customers has been the Tampa office of Craters & Freighters who also pick up at our offices. Call Justin at 813.889.9008 for more information about their services and rates. .
Please ignore any shipping calculations or package sizes in the listing or our store template and contact Pkgs, Craters & Freighters or the shipper of your choice to determine box size, box weight, billable DIM dimensional weight, etc.
Package size: NOTE: Item is too large or too heavy for us.
You must pick it up here in St. Pete or hire a local shipper at your expense.
Many of our customers use P.K.G.s, a nearby shipper who picks up here for you.
Call Thad at 727.895.7547 for details and pay P.K.G.s for shipping.
A second option for some of our customers has been the Tampa office of Craters & Freighters who also pick up at our offices. Call Justin at 813.889.9008 for more information about their services and rates. .
Please ignore any shipping calculations or package sizes in the listing or our store template and contact Pkgs, Craters & Freighters or the shipper of your choice to determine box size, box weight, billable DIM dimensional weight, etc.
His larger works always bring in the $2,000.00 to $4,000.00 range and we believe that this huge example that was published in Puck Magazine may be one of his finest and most powerful as it depicts Italy standing over a fallen Moor, gun in hand, as Spain and France rejoice the dead Moors of Morocco and Algiers. Also an artist for Life magazine.
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).
Condition
condiditon The state of preservation of these original illustration drawings that are on average over 65 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 annotations, highlightings, inscriptions, pasted labels, tack holes, staples, glue residues and scattered corrections can be found variously on the examples as illustrated in the photographs. These all add to the authenticity and immediacy of the Wartime newsroom and pressroom atmosphere, serving to reinforce the iconic status of these rare surviving testimonies to the political 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.
