Jun 17 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2709 -
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Sale 2709 - Lot 46

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
PAUL ORBAN (1896 - 1974)
A Mixture of Genius, 2 versions.

Pen and ink on board, 1958. 140x178 mm; 5½x7 inches. 160x194 mm; 6¼x7⅝ inches. Signed on one illustration.

Publication
Two illustrations of the same subject in different styles. The final, more realistic, version was published in IF: Worlds of Science Fiction magazine, June 1958.
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Additional Details

The story, set in a not-too-distant future, focuses on a U.S. Senator grappling with his intelligent high school-aged son and friends' act of ‘juvenile delinquency'-- the building of a guided missile.

The more intricately rendered piece was the final published image, while the image with simpler, more stylized linework was an earlier, presumably rejected version. Interestingly, the final illustration was pasted directly on top of the earlier version (which bears the story title), as evidenced by mild discoloration on the latter piece in the exact size of the final art.

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