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John PikeBaghdad Military Mystery Espionage Illustration Colliers , Saturday Evening Post1950
1950
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About the Item
21.25 x 28 in. (54 x 71.1 cm.)
Magazine illustration most likely for Colliers or The Saturday Evening Post
Title : The One Behind Him, by Charles B . Child
Work is unframed
- Creator:John Pike (1911 - 1979, American)
- Creation Year:1950
- Dimensions:Height: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)
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- Condition:Some light scattered foxing, toning but mostly visible in the area of the light bulb. Otherwise looks pretty good for a work 69 years old work on paper.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38534565761
John Pike
John Pike was born in the USA in 1911. Pike was a nationally-renowned illustrator, watercolor artist and leader in the art world for decades. In his early years, he created advertisements for a rum company in Jamaica, and later painted for the United States Air Force. Pike founded and ran the John Pike Watercolor School for many years, exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and won many prizes and recognitions for his watercolors.

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