Sale 2480 - Illustration Art, June 5, 2018

228 c KELLY FREAS. Alfred Hollow. Preliminary sketch for the cover of MAD magazine, with the final version published October 1960. Acrylic on canvas board. 267x210 mm; 10 1 / 2 x8 1 / 4 inches, on 11 1 / 4 x9-inch board. Later signed and inscribed. Accompanied by a copy of the magazine. [600/900] Inscription reads: “For Charlie, who knows the best when he sees it —with warmest regards, Kelly Freas, 9/14/75.” 229 c NORMAN MINGO. “The Token MAD.” Cover illustration featuring MAD magazine mascot, Alfred E. Neuman for the book of the same name first published October 1973 by Warner Paperback Library. Pen, ink, watercolor, pastel and correction f luid on board. 216x222 mm; 8 1 / 2 x8 3 / 4 inches, on 11 1 / 2 x13 1 / 4 - inch board. Unsigned. Framed. Provenance: From the Estate of Howard Kaminsky. [4,000/6,000] 228 229