146 / 196
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JOHN HELD, JR.
“Those Modern Skirts (Won’t You Sit
Down Mr. Breslan?)” Ink on thin board.
292x464 mm; 11
1
/
2
x18
1
/
4
inches, on
14x20
1
/
4
-inch board. Signed “Held” in
upper right corner, caption in lower
margin and on verso; Charles L. Howard
inventory sticker on verso. Hinged to
matte. Nd, circa 1920.
[1,000/1,500]
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JOHN HELD, JR.
“Kamerad!” Cover illustration for
The American Legion Weekly
published April 11, 1924.
Gouache, pen and ink on thick paper. 235x203 mm; 9
1
/
4
x8 inches, on paper measuring
10
3
/
4
x10 inches. Signed in lower right image. Light foxing in margin, abrasion below
caption. Attached to window matte at edges with archival tape, framed.
[3,000/4,000]
246
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JOHN HELD, JR.
The Kiss. Unpublished cartoon submitted to the University of Minnesota magazine
College
Humor
in 1927. Pen and ink with watercolor on paper. 190x140 mm; 7
1
/
2
x5
1
/
2
inches.
Archivally framed and matted to 15
1
/
2
x16
1
/
2
inches, with caption engraved on metal plaque.
[1,200/1,800]
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