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FLOYD TORBERT.
That was a strike! Illustration for an
unknown publication featuring a smirking
Brooklyn Dodgers batter watching a
dispute between a Chicago Cubs catcher
and the umpire. Oil on canvas. 864x775
mm; 34x30
1
/
2
inches. Signed “Torbert”
in lower left image. Areas of inpainting,
craquelure with losses (heaviest to the
catcher’s mitt.) Framed. Nd, circa 1930s.
[3,000/4,000]
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DANIEL SCHWARTZ.
Ingemar Johansson Knocks out Floyd Patterson. Story illustration for
Esquire
magazine
editorial “Highlights of a Golden Decade” by Roger Kahn, published December, 1960,
with
Esquire
stamp on verso. Oil on canvas. 762x610 mm; 30x24 inches. Signed and dated
in lower right image, artist stamp on verso.
[3,000/4,000]
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