Dec 14, 2017 - Sale 2465

Sale 2465 - Lot 249

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
JOHN HELD, JR.
"For God For Country And . . . Ladies." Illustration published in Held's book "Grim Youth," (New York: Vanguard, 1930.) Pen and ink on board. 381x279 mm; 15x11 inches. Signed in lower left. Tipped to window matte and framed with label indicating the work is from the J. Walter Thompson Company Purchase Fund. Provenance: From the Collection of the Society of Illustrators, with their labels on frame verso as well as exhibition loan label.