Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2329Location: BostonDate / Time: September 15, 2006 12:00PM
Description:
Barney Tobey (American, 1906-1989)
"Isn't it a pity..."/A New Yorker Cartoon
Signed "B. TOBEY-" l.r., a label from the Nicholls Gallery, New York, affixed to
the reverse.
Ink and wash with whiting on paper, sight size 26 x 19 in. (66.0 x 48.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Toning, rippling to the paper, light creases, not examined out of frame.
Provenance: A private Massachusetts collection.
N.B. This piece was published in the March 23, 1957 issue of The NewYorker magazine.
Estimate $700-900