[Girls Playing Basketball]
American: 1st Quarter 20th C.
Pen, ink and wash on illustration board
Collection stamp in green lower right and verso: Corot-Mettscher
Pencil inscription: St N Mirc D4035
15 x 17.5 inches, image
15 x 19.75 inches, overall
$550
Girls Playing Basketball
Original Illustration Art, Early 20th Century
Original Illustration Art, Early 20th Century
Detail
Full sheet including margins
Girls play basketball outdoors in front of a cheering crowd. The players are wearing sailor-style blouses, bloomers and dark stockings, which was a standard girls’ basketball uniform during the early 20th century. This drawing probably was created as illustration art for an advertisement or periodical.
The Corot-Mettscher collectors stamp is found on numerous works of art, most notably Woman Standing, in the renowned M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall toning, wear, soiling expected for working illustration art. Small gouge in top side. Some creases in left margin, mostly can be matted out. No margins at top or bottom.