Charles Schulz Peanuts Sunday 1959 Comic ink over graphite on bristol board
Auction Date: December 18, 2020
Estimate: Estimate: 30000 - 50000
Sold for: $39,000
Lot: 5064
(American 1922-2000)
Peanuts Sunday Comic Strip Lucy, Linus Van Pelt and Charlie Brown Original Art dated 11-22-59 (United Syndicate, 1959)
ink over graphite on Bristol board
sheet: 16 x 23.37 inches / 40.64 x 59.37 cm Frame: 22 x 29 inches,
signed in the last panel: Schulz, dated in the far left bottom panel: 11-22 the logo is a stat paste-up publisher notes are annotated verso including full date written in green colored pencil 11/22/59
Provenance: Was given to the current owner by her Grandmother who was a friend and neighbor of Schulzs and he gave it to her personally in 1960.
CONDITION: In overall good condition, the board is not laid down when examined out of the frame. There is tape residue along the edges of the sheet on the left and right sides. Slight wave to the paper and a minor water stain in the lower left corner. The work has been professionally framed and glazed. There are no areas of loss to the sheet or abrasions to the panels.