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Robert Fawcett (American, 1903-1967)
The Nightmare, Saturday Evening Post interior, September 1948
Watercolor on board
22 x 29 inches (55.9 x 73.7 cm)
Initialed lower center: R.F.

The present work also appears on page 73 of Robert Fawcett: The Illustrator's Illustrator by David Apatoff (Auad Publishing, 2010).


Estimate: $700 - up.

Condition Report*: Pin point stains to areas of negative space. UV examined. Wear and markings to margins of board in keeping with illustration and publishing process. Not framed.
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