GEORGE HUGHES (1907-1990)

Lot 102
16.04.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 102 | GEORGE HUGHES (1907-1990)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
GEORGE HUGHES (1907-1990)
Writing Thank You Notes
signed 'Hughes-' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on board
23 ¼ x 21 ½ in. (59.1 x 54.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1960.




Provenance

American Illustrators Gallery, Inc., New York.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Christie's Online, 14-20 November 2019, lot 144, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

The Saturday Evening Post, January 9, 1960, cover illustration.
J. Cohn, Covers of the Saturday Evening Post: Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America's Favorite Magazine, New York, 1995, p. 270, illustrated.
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