Auction: 20th Century Design - 2439Location: BostonDate / Time: December 20, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
Two Suttle and Rittgers Wrestlers
Hand-painted plaster
Suttle and Rittgers Inc., 4311 North Lincoln Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Humorous full-bodied wrestling figures; one in black trunks, the other in yellow trunks, both incised Lafayette Rittgers, copyright 1952, and with paper label, nicks to back of black trunk's feet, ht. 7 1/2, 6 3/4 in.
Note: Accompanied by a Chicago Gift Show catalogue, August 3rd to 14th, 1953, p. 180 has some reference information.
Estimate $400-600