Jan 28, 2016 - Sale 2403

Sale 2403 - Lot 232

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(THE NEW YORKER.) ABNER DEAN.
Contented man sleeping with his golf trophy. Ink and wash on paper. 355x230 mm; 14x9 1/4 inches. Signed lower right. Tipped to matte. Possibly an unused cover design for The New Yorker. Circa 1950s.

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Born Abner Epstein, a nephew of famed sculptor Jacob Epstein, Abner Dean was a Dartmouth graduate and studied at the National Academy of Design. Jules Feiffer in his memoir praises "the semi-surreal New Yorker panels of Abner Dean, who drew full-page panels of naked men and women with one-line captions instead of dialogue." Dean also contributed to Esquire, Life and other important magazines.