Jan 28, 2016 - Sale 2403

Sale 2403 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
HJALMAR "CAPPY" AMUNDSEN.
Cover art for Motor Boating magazine. Oil on canvas. 720x675 mm; 28 1/2x26 1/2 inches. Signed, lower right. Craquelure evident on upper one-third of composition, two small punctures and one short tear repaired on verso. Wartime painting featuring US Navy escort carrier with three Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters overhead. Mounted on original stretcher and framed. Published November, 1944. Accompanied by a copy of the magazine.