Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 115

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
(ART.) FROST, A. B. "Professional Pride." Ink drawing, 9x8 1/4 inches (image size; 14x11 5/8 inches papers size); some toning and ink smudges; old, small dark stain in each corner where mounted. Np, circa 1880s

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Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928) American illustrator, graphic artist, and painter was one of the great artists of the "Golden Age of American Illustration." His work appears in over 90 books, and countless periodicals. Frost''s depictions of blacks were characteristic of the era in which he lived, often stereotypical, but not unkind.