Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana

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Lot 156
  • 156

Peter Arno

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Original watercolor signed. No date. 
  • paper, ink
Watercolor on cardboard (13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.; 350 x 270 mm.); small tear on the bottom on the piece.

Catalogue Note

Peter Arno was a U.S. cartoonist. He contributed cartoons and 99 covers to The New Yorker from 1925, the magazine's first year, until 1968, the year of his death. In 2015, New Yorker contributor Roger Angell described him as "the magazine's first genius".