Jun 17 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2709 -

Sale 2709 - Lot 240

Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
TED KEY (1912 - 2008)
Hazel dancing ballet.

Ink and watercolor on board, circa 1940. 254x378 mm; 10x14⅞ inches. Signed in lower right image. Inscribed and signed with a smaller ink remarque sketch of Hazel, "With very best wishes from Hazel & Ted Key" in lower right margin.

Publication
The Saturday Evening Post, circa 1940.

Additional Details

Original cartoon illustration of Hazel the housekeeper getting quizzical looks as she joyfully dances to ballet on the radio as she cleans. An early example of Ted Key's long-running gag cartoon, a staple of The Saturday Evening Post.