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ORSON LOWELL.
Cupid and the Devil waiting for their mark. Illustration for
Life
magazine,with notation on verso
bearing the name of magazine co-founder J.A.Mitchell and address of the magazine’sWest 31st
Street headquarters from 1895 until about 1930. Pen and ink on paper. 495x768 mm; 19
1
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2
x30
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4
inches. Signed in left image. Stray brown ink marks in image. Nd, circa 1910.
[2,000/3,000]
Lowell (1871-1956) was an active illustrator for 6 decades. He was a member of The New Rochelle
Artist Colony which also included his friends Norman Rockwell, Coles Phillips, and J.C. Leyendecker.
Lowell’s steady stream of clients appreciated the quiet humor that infused his works. He was inducted
into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2010.
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ORSON LOWELL.
“Loading Fortune’s Dice.”Original art for theArt Supplement to
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s
July
25, 1897 issue. Gouache on several pieces of collaged watercolor paper. 559x845 mm; 22x33
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4
inches. Signed in far right image. Losses, creases, and closed tears along edges, most extreme to
lower right corner, archival repairs on verso. Accompanied by the original Art Supplement
produced by the American Lithographic Company, NewYork.
[1,500/2,500]
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