Jul 16, 2020 - Sale 2541

Sale 2541 - Lot 89

Price Realized: $ 469
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
WALLACE MORGAN.
Group of three magazine illustrations. The first is a story illustration for "The Medicine Girl," part 1, by P.G. Wodehouse, published in Collier's, July 4, 1931, page 13. Ink and wash on stiff paper. 255x345 mm; 10x13 1/2 inches, on 12 3/4x17 3/4-inch sheet. Signed "W. Morgan" in lower left image. Tipped to window matte; framed. The second, entitled "Balloon Sleeve gasps at Short Skirt and Cigarette," is an illustration for an article entitled "The Girl We Left Behind Us" by Robert Haven Schauffler, published in Collier's, June 28, 1924, page 14. Ink on stiff paper. 255x236 mm; 10x9 1/4 inches, on 12 1/4x11 1/2-inch sheet. Signed "W. Morgan" in lower left image. Tipped to board with window matte; framed. The third, entitled "They ushered him to a narrow table where a red-haired girl sat waiting. Remarkably pretty. His sight was fair enough," is a magazine story illustration for "Youth and Beauty" by Rita Weiman, published in Liberty, December 21, 1929, page 13. Mixed media, including charcoal, ink, and wash on board. 235x230 mm; 9 1/4x9 1/4 inches, on 12 1/2x12 1/2-inch board. Initialled "W.M." in lower right image. Tipped to board with window matte; framed.