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COBY WHITMORE - 1945 Saturday Evening Post Illo.

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COBY WHITMORE - 1945 Saturday Evening Post Illo.
<B>COBY WHITMORE</B></I> (American 1913 - 1988) <BR><I>A Little Matter of Garden Seeds,</B></I> 1945 <BR>Gouache on board <BR>24 x 18in. <BR>Signed lower right <BR>Original magazine story illustration for <I>A Little Matter of Garden Seeds</B></I> by Edith Barnard Delano for <I>The Saturday Evening Post,</B></I> May 12, 1945 <BR>Caption: <I>Jean had rushed downstairs when the doorbell rang, but very soon introduced him to the lemon meringue and Mrs. Gridley, and for the rest of the evening it was Mrs. Gridley to whom he talked, while Jean sat by wearing an air of supercilious aloofness, an air of determined patience</B></I> <BR><BR>This lot also includes a pencil study of the portrait by Arnold Holeywell with the inscription: <I>"Sketchbook from Italy, 1945. I copied this girl's head from a magazine, long before I ever knew Coby Whitmore"</B></I> <B>Condition Report:</B> The paint surface in white background area is cracking; glue stains around the borders of the board<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Large (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)