Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 361

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

ANTONIO LOPEZ (1943-1987)


Portrait of Jean-Claude Suarez, for his birthday.
Black ballpoint ink pen on paper. 279x216 mm; 11x8 1/2 inches. Signed "Antonio" in ink along left side, captioned "J.C. Suarez" at bottom, and inscribed and dated along right side "Happy Birthday with all the love in the world 1986." Float-mounted and framed to 14x11 1/2 inches, with a second signature and date "Antonio 10/86" cut and taped to frame backing.
A bust portrait of fellow illustrator and the groundbreaking first art director of The New York Times Op-Ed page.