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<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"CONTENT="text/html; charset=x-mac-roman"/><META NAME="GENERATOR"CONTENT="[4th Dimension 2004.4 Macintosh]"/><TITLE>George Luks art at auction</TITLE> <!-- last updated June 12, 2011 by Roger Reed --><META NAME="keywords" content= "auction, Luks, George, illustration, art, magazine cover, , , , May 13, 1898"/><META NAME="description" content= "Original art: Wily politician with the Ford Bill in his pocket."/></HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="GRAY"TEXT="BLACK"Link="blue"VLink="navy"Alink="green"><CENTER><Table><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=85%> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="a43_008.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/buactpv.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>PREV</a></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_bidform.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Absentee<BR>Bid Form</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../auclist1a43.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>LIST<BR>of LOTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=BOTTOM><A HREF="../../../home.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=5>Illustration<BR>House</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_index.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>INDEX to <BR>ARTISTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_terms.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Terms of<BR>Sale</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="a43_010.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/buactnx.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>NEXT</a></TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=left VALIGN=top><IMG SRC="../a43pix/a43_009.jpg"BORDER=1></TD><TD COLSPAN=2><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>Lot 9</TD><TD COLSPAN=6 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=5><B>George Luks</B></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=2>1867-1933</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE=Palatino,serif>Wily politician with the Ford Bill in his pocket. </TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD> <TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3><I>�I've Been To Albany!�</I><BR> Magazine cover, May 13, 1898; <BR>Watercolor and ink, 12.5 x 10.5", signed ul</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=2>Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>Condition - Very good overall: paper lightly toned with age; a few light stray smudges; archival mat and simple brown wood frame</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=8 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2>The geezer depicted is Thomas C. Platt, a.k.a. the �Easy Boss�. He was elected for a second time as Republican Senator in January 1897. Platt was instrumental in forming the Greater New York CIty out of the five boroughs. Governor at the time, Teddy Roosevelt managed to get out from the grip of the Republican machine, turning to more populist policies. Along with the other members of the �Ashcan School�, Luks was a prolific newspaper illustrator and cartoonist. Very little of this work has survived, and we are not aware of a similar work by Luks being on the market for over 30 years.</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="a43_008.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/buactpv.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>PREV</a></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_bidform.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Absentee<BR>Bid Form</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../auclist1a43.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>LIST<BR>of LOTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=bottom><A HREF="../../../home.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/ihlogo1in.gif"BORDER=1></A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_index.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>INDEX to <BR>ARTISTS</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../a43_terms.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>Terms of<BR>Sale</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="a43_010.html"><IMG SRC="../../nav/buactnx.jpg"BORDER=0><br><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>NEXT</a></TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=4 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE=Palatino,serif SIZE=2>110 West 25 Street<BR>New York, NY, 10001<BR>212 966-9444</FONT></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=GRAY>x</TD></TR> </Table></BODY></HTML>