Dec 14, 2017 - Sale 2465

Sale 2465 - Lot 274

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ABE BIRNBAUM.
Christmas Windows in New York City. Cover illustration for The New Yorker, published December 12, 1953, with their "Ready to Run" label on verso. Gouache and ink on paper. 432x305 mm; 17x12 inches, mounted to artist's original 19 3/4x15-inch backing. Signed in lower right image. Visible craquelure with slight loss of paint in window portion of image and to package and coat of woman in foreground.