Jun 09, 2022 - Sale 2608

Sale 2608 - Lot 131

Price Realized: $ 618
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

WILLIAM STEIG (1907-2003)

Hunting with hound.

Illustration for Mount Tremblant Ski Resort, circa 1938. Watercolor and ink on Whatman board. 203x405 mm; 8x16 inches, image, on 14 1/4x22-inch board. Signed "W. Steig" in lower left image.
In 1938, Philadelphian Joseph B. Ryan traveled to Canada and built a world class ski resort at Mount Tremblant. It remains part of the town's Pedestrian Village. He commissioned Steig to create a series of lighthearted outdoor sporting scenes for the resort's bar area.