CHARLES SAXON (1920-1988) Practice Swing. [COVER ART /
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CHARLES SAXON (1920-1988)
Practice Swing. Cover illustration study for The New Yorker, published April 18, 1970. Charcoal and watercolor on paper laid to thin board. 343x248 mm; 13½x9¾ inches, laid to 19¼x16-inch board. Signed "Saxon" in lower right image. Hinged to matte; framed. A tear sheet of the printed cover accompanies the lot. Provenance: Swann Galleries, June 4, 2019, Lot 196; thence to Dick McDonough.The final study for Saxon's well-known cover of a man eagerly anticipating that first game of the season.
Practice Swing. Cover illustration study for The New Yorker, published April 18, 1970. Charcoal and watercolor on paper laid to thin board. 343x248 mm; 13½x9¾ inches, laid to 19¼x16-inch board. Signed "Saxon" in lower right image. Hinged to matte; framed. A tear sheet of the printed cover accompanies the lot. Provenance: Swann Galleries, June 4, 2019, Lot 196; thence to Dick McDonough.The final study for Saxon's well-known cover of a man eagerly anticipating that first game of the season.
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CHARLES SAXON (1920-1988) Practice Swing. [COVER ART /
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