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xLot 8Charles Dana Gibson1867-1944x
xWoman and three potential suitors with price tags. x
xÒThe American Girl Abroad. Some Features of the Matrimonial MarketÓ
Illustration, Life magazine, June 14, 1894;
Pen & ink, 20.75 x 27.75", signed ll
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xEstimate: $6,000 - 8,000x
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Literature - ÒThe Gibson BookÓ vol. I (unpaginated).
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xCondition - Very good overall: figure on far right is executed on a separate sheet and affixed, framedx
xThis drawing provides a kind of snapshot of the plot of Edith Wharton's 1938 novel The Buccaneers, about the pros and cons of new-monied American womenÕs attraction to European aristocracy, set in the Gibson era.x

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