Dec 16, 2021 - Sale 2592

Sale 2592 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1872-1952)
"There in a box hammock was Phil Hanrihan sprawling, a woman in a scarlet shawl clinging, her cheek against his." Story illustration for "Scarlet: The Story of a Woman with a Past" by Wallace Irwin, published in Liberty magazine, May 15, 1926, with their stamp at lower left and their label on verso. Charcoal on board. 975x710 mm; 38 1/4x28 inches, on 40x29 3/4-inch board. Signed "Howard Chandler Christy" in lower left image. Archivally taped and cornered to matte; framed. Repairs to edges and corners.