Sep 29, 2016 - Sale 2423

Sale 2423 - Lot 202

Price Realized: $ 2,470
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ROBERT ABBETT.
"Wartime hero . . . peacetime hood -- a two-sided guy on a one way trip." [published caption.] An impassioned cover design for "Night Boat to Paris" by Richard Jessup, published by Dell in 1956 that was summarily banned in Australia. Acrylic on board. 317x356 mm; 12 1/2x14 inches. Not signed. Tape on verso. Provenance: Ex-collection John Edward Parker, a 45-year Dell Publishing employee.