May 16, 2002 - Sale 1936

Sale 1936 - Lot 154

Price Realized: $ 1,092
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MARTIN, DICK. Alice and the Queen on the Chessboard. Pen, ink and watercolor on card, 340x230 mm. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower left corner. Np, 1982
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This original illustration depict Alice on the chessboard being admonished by the Chess Queen, "Look Up, Speak Nicely, and don't Twiddle your Fingers all the Time." Alice was one of Martin's favorite subjects, but as far as we know he only produced two pictures with her as the subject. It's likely that this was done as a personal gift for Irene Fisher.<