c. early 1930s. 17.5x27”Abacco illustration board has wonderful litho pencil and India ink image of pretty woman gazing wistfully surrounded by heads of various male admirers. Art board is tanned with age on sides, trace of lt. dust soil. Lower left corner tip is missing 1x2.5”piece. Proper framing will give the image area a Fine appearance. Signed in ink at lower right “R. Van Buren." 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.