Sep 29, 2016 - Sale 2423

Sale 2423 - Lot 196

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
FLOYD TORBERT.
That was a strike! Illustration for an unknown publication featuring a smirking Brooklyn Dodgers batter watching a dispute between a Chicago Cubs catcher and the umpire. Oil on canvas. 864x775 mm; 34x30 1/2 inches. Signed "Torbert" in lower left image. Areas of inpainting, craquelure with losses (heaviest to the catcher's mitt.) Framed. Nd, circa 1930s.