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95 ● ART DIRECTORS’ CLUB FESTSCHRIFT.
Presentation album gifted to Frederick J. Suhr, President of the Art Directors’ Club at
their Third Annual Dinner on April 11, 1924. The album contains 90 original works of
art in various mediums, each tipped or loosely mounted to a page; Program sheet laid in.
Thick folio, full gilt-lettered navy morocco, tips and spine ends bumped and with some
rubbing and a few faint scuffs. [6,000/9,000]
A rich and comprehensive tribute to Suhr, a
clearly beloved President , with original works
by important illustrators and artists of the day,
many Inscribed and Signed to Suhr.
Including Charles Dana Gibson, ink drawing
of a classic Gibson Girl *Tony Sarg watercolor
drawing * Martin Lewis 1916 etching with
sand ground (“The Roustabout,” signed and
Inscribed to Suhr) * Harry Marx * Heyworth
Campbell *Wynne Murphy * Harry Lees *
George Bonté * Louis Musgrove * Henry
(Harry) Quinan * Herbert Roese * DeAlton
Valentine * Henry Dorr Steele * James
Chapin * others.