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Lot 304: Gen. John Pershing Signed Protrait

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Lot  304: Gen. John Pershing Signed Protrait
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>Signed Original Artwork</b>

<b>(WORLD WAR II), GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING.</b>
Pencil and Charcoal Illustration Signed 'John J. Pershing,' 14' x 17', Choice Extremely Fine. Signed and dated by the artist, 'D.A. Ahrens, 1942.' A waist-up portrait of Pershing in a business suit, seated at a desk. Signed in black ink at lower right. Pershing (1860-1948) was Commander-in-Chief of American Expeditionary Forces In World War I. When this drawing was made, Pershing was in declining health; he had taken up residence in Walter Reed Hospital in 1940 and received visitors there until his death in 1948.