Sep 18, 2008 - Sale 2153

Sale 2153 - Lot 314

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
REGINALD MARSH
Scrambled Eggs, Sir?


Black crayon and India ink on thin wove paper, circa 1940. 317x223 mm; 12 1/2x8 3/4 inches.

With printing instructions inscribed in the margins in pencil, and two paper patches where the image has been redesigned. Signed and titled in ink, lower margin.

Possibly a drawing for Esquire or Fortune magazine, both of which commissioned illustrations from Marsh during the 1940s.