Lot #4122 - Stanley Pitt (1925-2002) - Cleveland Classics Cover Art
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:The Robbie Buonaccorsi Collection | Movies | Comics
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Sale Date:24 Nov 2018 ~ 12noon (AEDT)
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Lot #:4122
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Lot Description:Stanley Pitt (1925-2002) - Cleveland Classics Cover Art
The Last Texan by Emerson Dodge No.1372, Barstow Deputy by Ward Brennan, Wild Sierra by Brett Waring 1972 + Amarillo by Scott McLure 1971 no. 1371 [4]
36.5 x 27 cm unframed
Each gouache on card, with inscriptions verso + proof sheet of cover art -
References:http://www.warrigalpress.com.au/news.pdf
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Notes:Stanley Pitt was one of the most remarkable Australian comic artists of his time, and a leading illustrator of science fiction. He was also the first Australian artist to have his original work published in US comic books. He was born as Stanley John Joseph Pitt in Rozelle, New South Wales, as the son of a plasterer. He was working as a milkman when he supplied his first comic artwork to the Consolidated Press in 1942: a feature called 'Anthony Fury'. In the following year, he began contributing four-page comic stories to Frank Johnson Publications, where his work appeared alongside that of Unk White, Rhys Williams, Carl Lyon and Emile Mercier. By 1945, he was making comic strip advertisements for Colgate-Palmolive, when he was assigned by Associated Newspapers Ltd. to produce a science fiction strip. Although he had no formal art training, Pitt was heavily influenced by the artwork of Alex Raymond, which can be clearly seen in the resulting adventure strip, 'Silver Starr in the Flameworld', about an Australian serviceman leading an expedition to drill into the centre of the Earth. It ironically replaced Raymond's 'Flash Gordon' in the Sunday Sun in 1946, and ran until 14 November 1948. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pitt_stanley.htm
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Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Collectables
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