- Maxfield Parrish (American, 1870-1966)
POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON WE’LL ALL HAVE JELL-O/A Study
for an Advertisement
Unsigned.
Gouache, paper collage, and graphite on paperboard, 8 3/4 x 12 1/4
in. (22.2 x 31.1 cm), unframed.
Condition: Tear l.l., paper loss u.r., minor foxing.
Provenance: From the artist to his son, Maxfield Parrish, Jr., to the
present owner by family descent.
N.B. The advertisement was one of two commissioned by the Genesee
Pure Food Company in the early 1920s. We wish to thank Alma
Gilbert-Smith for her kind assistance with cataloguing the lot.
$4,000-6,000
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David Omar White (American, 1927-2009)Lot of 102 The White Rabbit Political Cartoon Strips, c. 1974-84
Most identified, signed, and dated “...© Omar...” within the composition.
Ink on wove or drafting paper, sheet sizes to 5 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.,
unframed, within a presentation case.
Condition: Minor smudges.N.B. White created The White Rabbit for Boston’s alternative
publications from 1968 to 1992, and it was described by his longtime
companion as “a one-character strip about a rabbit who lived on the
White House lawn and commented on the antics of its tenants.”^1 White
was also an illustrator for the Somerville Journal and exhibited at the
Genovese-Sullivan Gallery in Boston.- “David Omar White; created murals, alternative comic strip; at 82,” Boston Globe, July
17, 2009, p. B.13.
$3,000-5,000
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