Mead Schaeffer (American, 1898-1980). "Stede Bonnet faced his last fight," The Black Buccaneer interior book illustration...

Description

Mead Schaeffer (American, 1898-1980)
"Stede Bonnet faced his last fight," The Black Buccaneer interior book illustration, 1920
Oil on canvas
32 x 26 inches (81.3 x 66.0 cm)

PROPERTY FROM THE SORDONI COLLECTION

PROVENANCE:
Illustration House, Inc., New York;
Beverly Saks Fine Art, New York.

EXHIBITED:
Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, "Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art," April 7-May 20, 2018.

LITERATURE:
S. Meader, The Black Buccaneer, New York, 1920, p. 160, illustrated;
S.I. Grand, Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art, exhibition catalogue, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2018, pp. 64-65, 155, no. 29, 65, illustrated.




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