Sep 29, 2016 - Sale 2423

Sale 2423 - Lot 2

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ERNEST HAMLIN BAKER.
"Insurance." Proposed cover for and commissioned by Time magazine featuring Nixon as President following the uncertainty of the office after Dwight D. Eisenhower's heart attack in 1952; Eisenhower recovered and the image was never published. Gouache on board. 292x210 mm; 11 1/2x8 1/4 inches, on 16x12 1/2-inch board. Signed in lower image, captioned, "NIXON -- ('Insurance' cover) -- in case 'Ike' were to die in office" on cover sheet. Registration marks in margins.