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JOHN FRANKLIN WHITMAN.
Pair of WWII Red Cross maquettes. Gouache on board. Each approximately 584x482
mm; 23x19 inches. Both signed “Whitman” in lower image. One bearingWar Department
stamp. Some craquelure and flaking, adhesive residue and notations in margins. 1943-44.
[2,000/3,000]
WITH
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Three photographs of Whitman working on a painting of a soldier. One inscribed on verso,
“The Artist As an Old Man! Franklin / December, 1944.”Another with a lengthy note refuting
the fact that his soldier is an idealized, youthful version of himself.Also dated December, 1944.With
a photostatic copy of a signed document from the South Carolina House of Representatives
congratulating Sargeant Norman H. Gaillard ofWilliamstown for being depicted byWhitman in the
American Red CrossWar Fund Poster series. Stating that Gaillard appears,“young, gay, and idealistic,
but the lines of his face are hard and lean. He has the stamina that can take it or dish it out.”
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ARTHUR SZYK
“Israel.Yom ha-Atzma’ut 5 Iyyar.”Proposed but
unpublished study for a postal stamp celebrating
Israel’s Independence Day of 14 May 1948.
Gouache,ink,pencil,and watercolor on board.
51x79 mm; 2x3 inches, on 7
1
/
2
x11-inch board.
Signed in full and dated New Canaan, 1949;
“Stamps of Israel”and“Independence Stamp”
penned in lower margin. Matted and framed.
[2,000/3,000]
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Accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed by the Postmaster General of the State of Israel, Z. Prihar,
congratulating and thanking Szyk for his beautiful and well-received design. September, 1950. 1
page, 8vo, on State of Israel letterhead. In his letter he mentions gifting to Szyk two First Day Covers
signed by himself and the Minister of Israel which are also included in this lot, matted and framed.