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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 Macintosh]"/><TITLE>Frederic R. Gruger art for sale</TITLE> <META NAME="keywords" content= "auction, Gruger, Frederic R., illustration, art, magazine story illustration, , Woman�s Home Companion, Phyllis Bentley, July 1937"/><META NAME="description" content= "Original art: Policeman holding strings at top of stairs."/></HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="gray"TEXT="BLACK"Link="blue"VLink="navy"Alink="green"><CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 FRAME=vsides WIDTH=85%> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><IMG SRC="../../nav/budispv.jpg"BORDER=0></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../frg2_intro.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>INTRO<BR>PAGE</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../exhlist1frg2.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>LIST of<BR>WORKS</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><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../../nav/privterms.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>TERMS<BR>of SALE</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="frg2_002.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="../frg2pix/frg2_001.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=middle><FONT SIZE=4>1. </TD><TD COLSPAN=6 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=middle><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=5><B>Frederic R. Gruger</B></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=middle><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=2>1871-1953</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT 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=3><FONT FACE=Palatino,serif>Policeman holding strings at top of stairs. </TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT 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 VALIGN=middle><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif" SIZE=3>Magazine story illustration: �The Missing Character�, author: Phyllis Bentley, <I><B>Woman�s Home Companion</B></I>, July 1937, page 10; <BR>Carbon pencil & wash, 12.75 x 7.25", signed lower center</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 VALIGN=middle><FONT FACE="Palatino,serif"SIZE=2>$1,300</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT 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></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT 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: has retouch varnish; board is trimmed to edge of image, as is typical; archivally matted.</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>A late drawing, when Gruger's subtle tonality and dramatic sense of composition came to their peak. The implacable policeman is sealing off a room, or completing a circuit � it's unclear, but it's perfectly ominous.</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><IMG SRC="../../nav/budispv.jpg"BORDER=0></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../frg2_intro.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>INTRO<BR>PAGE</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../exhlist1frg2.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>LIST of<BR>WORKS</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><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="../../nav/privterms.html"><FONT FACE="Copperplate,serif"SIZE=2>TERMS<BR>of SALE</A></TD><TD COLSPAN=1 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><A HREF="frg2_002.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=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=4 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><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=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=center VALIGN=middle><FONT COLOR=gray>x</TD></TR> </Table></BODY></HTML>