Jan 28, 2021 - Sale 2556

Sale 2556 - Lot 229

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1877-1960)
"Very Likely!" Cover for The American Golfer magazine, published May 17, 1924. Watercolor and wash over graphite on paper. 335x275 mm; 13 1/4x10 3/4 inches, on 13 1/2x10 3/4-inch sheet. Signed "James Montgomery Flagg" in lower right image. Professionally restored; see condition report. Hinged to board with window matte; nicely framed. A copy of the magazine accompanies the lot.

Provenance: American Illustrators Gallery, March 1992, with their label on verso of frame; thence to Dick McDonough.

Flagg was an avid golfer himself and illustrated numerous covers for The American Golfer magazine.