Dec 12 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2690 -

Sale 2690 - Lot 135

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
NICHOLAS (NICKY) ZANN (1943-2020)
Columbo.

Original artwork for the network television program, Columbo, used to advertise the series in a variety of publications. Graphite pencil, India ink and markers on Bristol board. 420x221 mm; 16½x9 inches. The work is unsigned but Zann has drawn a Z into the collar on the right.

Additional Details

Zann was a New York-based artist whose career spanned five decades and reached far and wide across New York's pop and culture scene. Recognized as one of the most innovative and prolific cartoonists and illustrators of his generation, Zann's work has appeared in magazines such as Newsweek, Esquire, Fortune; daily newspapers such as The New York Times; and in comics and on mystery covers. His celebrity caricatures have been featured in ads for ABC, MTV, CBS and NBC networks, as well as for HBO. In the early 1970s, the Disney Corporation endorsed Zann to draw Disney characters, all personally approved by Roy Disney. His work has been exhibited around the world including at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Textile Museum in the Netherlands.