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| Top of the World |
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| Artist: | Mort Kunstler |
| Date: | 1957 |
| Medium: | Gouache on Illlustration Board |
| Dimensions: | Sight Size 14" X 17" Framed 21 " X 24 1/2" |
| Condition: | Mint |
| Original Use: | Interior Story art for Sports Afield April 1957 |
| Price: | S O L D !! |
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| Above: Full view of gouache illustration |
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| Above: The artists monogrammed signature lower right |
A typically action packed interior illustration gouache painting by Mort Kunstler for the April 1957 edition of Sports Afield Magazine. A large menacing polar bear in pre-global warming, shrinking ice cap terrain with a Cessna water landing small aircraft as the backdrop, illustrating the story by Gene Caesar titled "Top of the World".
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| Above: Published artwork included in sale |
Nicely matted and framed and in pristine condition.
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| Above: Detail |
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| Above: Verso notations |
Issue of magazine included in sale, caption reads "Not now!" I screamed at him. Too Late. There was no sound of slug hitting flesh. Instead, it chopped through the fuselage and smashed into the motor...
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