Apr 10, 2025 - Sale 2699

Sale 2699 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MAD MAGAZINE.) MINGO, NORMAN. Watercolor, gouache and ink drawing, preliminary sketch for Mad magazine cover #45 ("A Mad Scramble"), published June 1977, showing Alfred E. Neuman flipping a fried egg onto the ceiling. Signed at lower right, in yellow gouache. 8x5 inches; remnants of mounting overall verso. Np, circa October 1976

Additional Details

With--Colored pencil and collage drawing, rough sketch by unknown artist, showing Alfred E. Newman flipping scrambled eggs onto the ceiling. Illegible approval signature on mount at lower edge. 8x5¼ inches; "MAD" title is loose. Np, circa October 1976.