19.5x21.75" Abacco illustration board has wonderful litho pencil and India ink image of sophisticated woman looking thoughtful while holding diary with box of open chocolates nearby and flowers in vase with mirror in bkg. Art has pencil title at lower left corner "The Early Spring Inventory". Art board is tanned with age on right side and blank area at left side has five pinholes. Blank corner tips are missing a few small pieces. Proper framing with a circular mat will give the image area a Fine/VF appearance. Signed in ink at lower left "R. Van Buren 34". Raeburn Van Buren (1891-1987) was an American magazine and comic strip illustrator best known for his work on the syndicated "Abbie An' Slats". He moved to NY in 1913 as an illustrator and did work for the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Redbook, Esquire, The New Yorker, and others. He was a founder of the National Society of Magazine Illustrators. He began drawing Abbie an' Slats in 1937 after being recruited by Al Capp and continued with the strip until his retirement in 1971. Wonderful example of Van Buren's illustration art.