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Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
DOUGLAS DUER (1887-1964)
Group of 3 paintings - Coney Island Boxing Match. Group of three illustrations published in "The Goofy Guy," Hearst's International magazine, April 1923. Oil on canvas. Each canvas measures approximately 559x508 mm; 22" x 20" inches. Signed in upper left image of first canvas.
1) The boxer in his robe is demonstrating punches while his manager ducks under his fist. Caption: "One hundred berries is my price..."
2) Two men are talking in front of the boxing ring, one gestures expressively towards the fight taking place behind them. Caption: "'Holy smokes!' cries old man Warren...'"
3) The two men in the foreground bet against each-other, one man holds a stickpin fashioned in an upside down horseshoe. Caption: "I unscrewed my diamond pin..."
