Jul 16, 2020 - Sale 2541

Sale 2541 - Lot 87

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
EARL MAYAN.
"`What's this I hear about your not intending to make your bed?' Lieutenant Bienstock asked." Illustration for the story "Happy was the Soldier!" by Leo Rosten, published in The Saturday Evening Post, August 11, 1956. Oil on board, glazed. 525x1020 mm; 21x40 inches. Signed "Mayan" in red, lower right image. Saturday Evening Post job label mounted to verso along with typed caption and description, taped to board. Hinged to matte. A matted copy of the tear sheet accompanies the artwork.