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Ed Roth original pen & ink and tempera illustration of leering executioner holding skull & bloody ax

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Ed Roth original pen & ink and tempera illustration of leering executioner holding skull & bloody ax
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Ed “Big Daddy” Roth original pen & ink and tempera illustration of leering executioner holding skull and bloody ax. 1967, pen and India ink with white tempera detailing on 4-ply illustration board, 8 x 9”, with Roth’s copyright snipe pasted on. Image is an extreme perspective of a medieval “headsman” executioner placing the viewer in the position of his current victim. Quite possibly a commission for “Hedman” headers, Very Fine with exception of a small square of masking tape at lower right recto.