Jun 17 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2709 -

Sale 2709 - Lot 83

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
JAMES THURBER (1894 - 1961)
Civilization.

Pen and ink on paper mounted to linen, 1939. 279x210 mm; 11x8¼ inches. Unsigned. "539" written lightly in pencil in upper right corner.

Publication
Published on page 61 in In a Word by Margaret Ernst (New York: Knopf, 1939), and on the cover of the 1962 reprint.
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Additional Details

In a Word by Margaret S. Ernst is a book of interesting word etymologies illustrated by Thurber. This drawing was used as the illustration for the word Civilization.

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