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Winsor McCay - Original Comic Strip Art for Lit

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
Winsor McCay - Original Comic Strip Art for Lit
Winsor McCay - Original Comic Strip Art for Little Nemo in Slumberland Sunday dated 1909 (New York Herald, 1909). Since the debut of newspaper comics around the dawn of the Twentieth Century, there have been many memorable strips. Some, like George Herriman's Krazy Kat, are revered for their literary qualities. Others, like Walt Kelly's Pogo, are remembered for their incisive look at contemporary politics and society, or like Peanuts for their gentle good humor. For sheer artistic quality and imagination, none can compare to Winsor McCay's masterwork, Little Nemo in Slumberland. The story of a young boy and his wonderful adventures in the land of dreams, McCay painted fabulous vistas of color and light on the comics page that were far, far ahead of his time. His delicate linework, unerring sense of color, and boundless imagination combined to create an artistic and engaging strip that has not yet seen its equal. In 1966, McCay's work was the subject of an exhibit at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and noted illustrator Maurice Sendak has cited McCay's work as a major influence on his own style. High praise indeed for a "mere comic strip artist." The stunning example offered here, showing Nemo, Flip, and a friend escaping from a rising volcano, is typical of McCay's work on this strip and the related Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend, where a seemingly small event blossoms into a crisis of brobdingnagian proportions. Created in two panels, each with an image area of approximately 21.5" x 13.75" and in excellent condition, this piece represents the high water mark in comic strip collecting. It is signed by McCay in the last panel. Important notice: Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.