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GEORGE HERRIMAN (American, 1880-1944). Three consecutive Krazy Kat daily comic strips from the "Tiger Tea" sequence, Jul...

2012 June 27-28 Illustration Art Signature Auction- Beverly Hills #5087

 
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Auction Ended On: Jun 27, 2012
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Location: Heritage Auctions - Beverly Hills
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GEORGE HERRIMAN (American, 1880-1944)
Three consecutive Krazy Kat daily comic strips from the "Tiger Tea" sequence, July 9-11, 1936
Pen and ink on board
4.75 x 20.5 in.
Not signed

From the Jerry Weist Collection.

George Herriman's masterpiece Krazy Kat is universally acclaimed as one of the greatest comic strips of all time-and many collectors and historians consider the extended "Tiger Tea" storyline to be the finest moment in the strip's daily continuity. Single examples from the story are scarce in the marketplace, so a three-daily sequence represents a very special opportunity.

Herriman, George:(American, 1880-1944) was the creator of the critically acclaimed Krazy Kat comic strip feature. He was born in a light-skinned, Creole African-American family in New Orleans, Louisiana. Herriman's father moved the family to Los Angeles in order to avoid the onerous restrictions of Jim Crow laws in Louisiana. Many of Herriman's newspaper colleagues had the mistaken impression that Herriman's ancestry was Greek, and according to close friends of Herriman, he wore a hat at all times so as to hide his hair. His other earlier newspaper comic strips include Musical Mose, Professor Otto and His Auto, Major Ozone's Fresh Air Crusade, Gooseberry Sprigg, and The Family Upstairs/The Dingbat Family. Herriman also illustrated writer Don Marquis' popular stories and poems featuring the whimsical cockroach and cat, archie and mehitabel. Herriman’s timeless Krazy Kat strips and specialty drawings have hung in museums, been the subject of academic treatises, and appeared on a US postage stamp.

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Scattered areas of very light surface grime; four linear accretions of faint blue pencil/ink on the upper edge and two on the second strip; otherwise visually in very good condition. Not exmained outside of frame. Framed under plexi-glass to an overall size of 21 x 25.25

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