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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
STEVAN DOHANOS Movies. Preliminary study for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, published July 14, 1945. Mixed media, including watercolor, gouache, and pencil on thin paper tipped to board. 347x273 mm; 13 3/4x10 3/4 inches. Unsigned. Paper is brittle with some tears and chips to edges. See condition report. Tear sheet accompanies the lot.
Dohanos is best known for the cover images that he produced for The Saturday Evening Post, creating 123 of them during the 1940s and 1950s. It was during this period that he became a household name. According to his family, he was extremely methodical when bringing a cover from concept to final draft; Dohanos sketched his ideas, researched his subjects, and skillfully utilized models to translate his visions of everyday American life intocompelling works of art. This, and the following study for two of his most iconic covers offered in this sale, show his creative process.
![STEVAN DOHANOS Movies. [SATURDAY EVENING POST / COVER ART / BARRACKS / MILITARY]](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/full//355\772355.jpg)
