Sale 2502 - Autographs, March 21, 2019

246 244 c   GOLDBERG, RUBE. Group of 5 graphite drawings, unsigned, sketches for an unnamed cartoon strip, each numbered in holograph at upper right and showing part of a larger machine involving dancers, a cat and mouse, and various interacting mechanisms. Each 8 1 / 2 x11 inches, on rectos of separate sheets; remnants of prior mounting at corners verso, the first with three holes punched in upper margin. Np, 1950? [700/1,000] 245 c   LOBEL, ARNOLD. Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed, to Jeffrey Dinardo, expressing satisfaction that his work is a source of encouragement and wishing him luck with his career. The illustration, ink drawing, caricature of an elephant, on upper half of page. 1 page, 8 1 / 2 x11 inches; marginal discoloration from prior matting, remnants of prior mounting along upper edge verso, horizontal folds. Np, nd [200/300] “. . . It is good to know, during my frequent periods of creative poop-out, that my work is a source of encouragement to others. . . .” 246 c   MATISSE, HENRI. Typed Note Signed, “HMatisse,” to an unnamed recipient, in French, on the correspondence side of a postcard: “My thanks and best wishes for 1953.” Verso shows a reproduction of a Matisse painting featuring Notre-Dame. 1 page, 12mo; remnants of prior mounting at side edges verso. Np, [ January 1953] [400/600]