Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2598BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 18, 2012 12:00PM
Description:
James Montgomery Flagg (American, 1877-1960)
What Happened to You at Altoona Won't be a Beauty Spot on an Elephant's Hide..."
Signed "JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG" l.l., titled l.r.
Mixed media (watercolor, graphite, and gouache) on paper, sight size 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
Literature: Everett Rhodes Castle, "Mrs. Tupper...Mother of a Hero." The Spokesman Review, October 23, 1938, p. 3 (illus.).
Estimate $1,500-2,000