Illustration House offers this original art for a
Krazy Kat Sunday strip in its December sale. At first I thought the estimate was on the high side, but many
Krazy Kat Sunday pages have indeed been selling in this range and higher.
Krazy Kat may never have been the most popular strip, but many aficionados consider
George Herriman to be the greatest of 20th century cartoonists. Leaping legumes!
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| Lot 70 | George Herriman | 1880-1944 | x |
| x | Jumping beans get their revenge on Offisa Pupp. | x |
| x | Sunday comic strip, “Krazy Kat”, August 22, 1943;
Pen & ink, 22.25 x 14.5", not signed | x |
| x | Estimate: $12,000 - 15,000 | x |
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| x | Condition - Good overall: mat and frame are from Graham Gallery. |
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| “Krazy Kat” detail, August 22, 1943 |
My most recent post on
George Herriman's Krazy Kat can be read
here.
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Ah, that's a masterpiece! I don't want to go political, but in addition to being very funny, very clever it's oh so timely. Leaping legumes indeed. ¡ay-ay-ay! Made my Sunday morning.
ReplyDeleteWhat is that ufo floating top-center in the black night of the final scene?
That, Leo, is a crescent moon. It's OK if you didn't recognize it, because it only looks that way in Kokonino Kounty.
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