Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 134

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HOOVER, HERBERT. Graphite drawing, unsigned, an abstract doodle, on a scrap of heavy paper. On the verso is a note signed by White House Chief Usher Irving H. Hoover, in pencil: "Scratch, made by President Hoover while talking on the phone, from my desk, in the Ushers room at The White House, to Senator Allan of Kansas at the Capitol, April 11th, 1930, at 1:30 P.M." 5 1/4x6 1/4 inches. (TFC) [Washington, 11 April 1930]
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Irving H. Hoover was a long-time White House employee whose seniority extended back to the 1890s; he was not a close relative of President Hoover.
Provenance: Irving Hoover estate; Alexander Autographs, October 21, 2000.