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| x | Lot 2 | Austin Briggs | 1909-1973 | x | |||||||
| x | Butchers in the meat packing district eating hot dogs. | x | |||||||||
| x | ÒMan at his best, like water,/ Serves as he goes along:/ Like water he seeks his own level,/ the common level of life,/ Loves living close to the earth,/ living clear down in his heart,/ Loves kinship with his neighbors.Ó Illustration: ÒThe CityÓ, author: Laotzu, Lithopinion #3, June 1966; Acrylic, graphite pencil, crayon, 15 x 15", signed ll | x | |||||||||
| x | Estimate: $1,500 - 2,000 | x | |||||||||
| x | This is not the published version. | x | |||||||||
| x | Condition - Very good overall: glue residue in margins, matted and framed. | x | |||||||||
| x | As part of an illustration essay for the famous Lithopinion magazine, which gave illustrators unprecendented freedom, Briggs toured New York's boroughs for painting subjects, making notes on the spot to be later expanded as a contemporary documentary on the city, employed to illustrate the ancient Chinese text. | x | |||||||||
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