"CRACKED" #3 ADVERTISEMENT ILLUSTRATION ORIGINAL ART FOR "MISS CLEAROIL" FEATURING THE MARX BROS.
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Winning Bid:
$354.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, November 16, 2017 9:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 16, 2017 9:00:00 AM)
Item Description
13-7/8x18.5" thin artboard has mixed media original art for fake advertisement inside front cover of "Cracked" #3, published July 1958 by Major Magazines, Inc. Image area is 11x14.5" and features large image of Harpo Marx w/Shirley Temple and "Cracked" janitor character Sylvester P. Smythe plastering crack in Harpo's hat. Paste-over text below reads "Hair Color So Natural Only His Brothers Know For Sure!" Smaller image of Groucho Marx drinking bottle of hair dye at bottom left. Bottom right has image of fake product box w/paste-over text. Rest of "ad" features paste-over text as well. Slice along bottom (not affect text or art) w/inked editorial notations along bottom and right margins. Remnants of original onionskin overlay art top. Art has .5" to 1" horizontal strip of aging across center w/2.5" long strip of aging above product box image. VG overall.
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