Jan 28, 2016 - Sale 2403

Sale 2403 - Lot 99

Price Realized: $ 585
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
ALLAN MARDON.
"The Making of a Surgeon." Pen and ink on board. 686x914 mm; 27x36 inches. Illustration for the story "Fight for Life," published and exhibited by The Reader's Digest. Publisher's tags taped to recto of board which has story titled in blue pencil. Circa 1980.

Additional Details

A grand and detailed illustration of operating room drama by Mardon, best known for his work for Sports Illustrated and Time among several other magazines where he showed his reportorial style. His later work in large-scale color canvases on Native American themes have become very collectible.