A very unusual and early piece, this conte artist drawing sketch was done by Dean Meeker in the late 1930s while he was a student at the Art Institute. The piece does have considerable wear but would look excellent framed. Like all of the other pieces in this auction, it came directly from the family's estate and it was a piece he personally held onto for his entire career. It measures 16.5" across X 23.5" tall. Meeker started as a sculptor but quickly became influential and innovative printmaker. He was the first printmaker to overprint silkscreens with polymer intaglio, giving his works a 3 Dimensional quality. He was the co-inventor of the Meeker-McFee motorized etching press. He taught Silkscreening at University of Wisconsin Madison for 46 years. He was a 1959 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. His Sculptures, paintings and prints are in over 100 important world collections to include New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery in Washington DC, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Victoria and Albert Museum.

This peice does have considerable age wear.