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Sale 2690 - Lot 96

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
GEORGE HERRIMAN (1880-1944)
"Pink patch? What pink patch?"

Original single-panel Bernie Burns / Embarrassing Moments comic strip, published December 9, 1931, with King Features Syndicate label. Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Image measures 178x178 mm; 7x7 inches, on slightly larger sheet. Dated in lower right image and with King Features Syndicate label.
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Herriman drew the Bernie Burns daily strip, also known as Embarrassing Moments (the feature's original title based on its running gag), simultaneously with his famous Krazy Kat comic from 1928-1932. It began in 1922 and was drawn by several cartoonists before his stint.

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