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Lot 118 - Grouping Of Three Framed Pen And Ink Portrait Drawings Of Men By C.A.I. Endron (Or Similar), Including “Great Star” And “Cardile Delmore,” Dated 1962
Lot 118 - Grouping Of Three Framed Pen And Ink Portrait Drawings Of Men By C.A.I. Endron (Or Similar), Including “Great Star” And “Cardile Delmore,” Dated 1962
Grouping of three framed pen and ink portrait drawings of men, each signed with a circular pen and ink seal reading “C.A.I. Endron,” “C.A. Lendron,” or similar, dated April and May 1962.
The first depicts a man with dark hair, thick eyebrows, and what appears to be a priest’s collar, with a cartoon below showing two schoolboys and captions reading “You should hear him describe ‘heaven’!” and “Was he there very long?”
The second portrays a frowning Native American man titled “Great Star,” shown before a black circle with a white five-pointed star background and with a feathered headband.
The third is titled “Cardile Delmore,” depicting a smiling man wearing a hat and hexagon-shaped glasses over a black circle with white border, with a polka-dot bowtie and his name framed by an unwound film reel.
All housed in matching period frames, item dimensions are of each frame. Light wear consistent with age and display.