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JOHN HELD, JR. (1889-1958) "The well-dressed member finds his new english sweater is perfect protective coloration..." Probable calendar image, November, circa 1922. Watercolor, pen, and ink over graphite on board. 390x285 mm; 15 1/4x11 1/4 inches, on 18 1/4x12-inch board. Signed "John Held Jr." in lower left image. Tipped to window matte; framed.
Provenance: American Illustrators Gallery, July 1992, with their label on verso of frame's backing board; thence to Dick McDonough.
The full caption reads: "The well dressed member finds his new english sweater is perfect protective coloration in the presence of a process server."
Arguably the most famous cartoonist and illustrator of "Jazz Age" America, Held produced a series of golf illustrations in the 1920s. Some of these were published in monthly commercial calendars with notes on golf instruction by famed professionals on the reverse. While the exact publisher and year are unknown, the illustration is speculated to have been for a calendar produced for Bryant Electric Company or Brown & Bigelow.
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