Jun 05, 2018 - Sale 2480

Sale 2480 - Lot 223

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
NICKY ZANN.
"The Unpettables." Illustration parodying the 1987 film "The Untouchables" commissioned by International Polygonics, Ltd., for their Giant Poster Puzzles series, 1988. Graphite, India ink, markers, and gouache on Bristol board paper. 483x635 mm; 19x25 inches, on 22x28-inch sheet. Signed in left image. Accompanied by an early sketch and the printed cover for the puzzle box.

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Zann (1943 - ) is a New York-based artist whose career spans five decades and reaches 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.