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Wed, Jan 11, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 763

James Dwyer

Estimate: $700 - $900

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(New York/Ohio, 1898-1973)

It's Happening on your Front Lawn, 1951, signed lower right "Dwyer", gouache on board, sight 9-1/2 x 9 in.; silver finished wood frame, 19-1/4 x 18-1/4 in.

Note: This painting was an illustration published in Collier's, March 24, 1951, for a moving editorial written by a Lieutenant in the Korean War.  A copy of the editorial is attached to  the back of the frame.

Condition

not examined out of sealed frame, painting appears in good conditon; frame with separation at corners, some abrasions

Gallery Mayo, Richmond, Virginia: The American Illustrator Collection of Sarah S. Harrison, Wilmington, Delaware