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EDVEBELL.
Yeti on the Tundra. Pen, ink, and wash on board, heightened in white. 540x229 mm;
21
1
/
4
x9 inches, on 12x24-inch board. Signed twice in lower image, with artist’s stamp on
verso. Repaired 3
1
/
2
-inch tear with over painting in lower left image. Mounted to window
matte and framed. Nd.
[600/900]
Vebell (1921- ) is an American illustrator, veteran, and Olympic athlete who attended the The Art
Institute of Chicago before enlisting.While serving in the Army, he was a contributing artist for Stars
& Stripes magazine, working side by side with Bill Mauldin. His second major appointment was
as courtroom artist for the NuremburgTrials; his haunting portrait of Hermann Göring can be viewed
at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inWashington D.C. Over the decades following
the war,Vebell designed 16 circulated postage stamps for the US Postal Service, and enjoyed frequent
commissions from Reader’s Digest, Sports Illustrated, and Time.