Jan 28, 2021 - Sale 2556

Sale 2556 - Lot 106

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
VICTOR PREZIO (1924-1976)
"The Girl from Paris." Story illustration published in Battlefield magazine, issue #1, November 1957, with their stamp on verso. Gouache and glaze on board. 425x555 mm; 16 3/4x21 3/4 inches, on 18 1/4x22 1/4-inch board. Signed "Prezio" in lower left image.

Provenance: From the artist's estate.

Victor Prezio was a prolific illustrator of magazine, pulp and paperback covers and stories in the post-WWII era. His work for such publishers as Dell, Gold Key, and Warren Publishing throughout the 1950s and `60s encompassed a range of popular genres from sci-fi, sports, romance, and western.