Auction: September 18, 2016

Lot #227: Rea Irvin (American, 1881-1972) Watercolor

Undated, signed lower right, depicting a man with a cigar in a Hawaiian shirt with a match in his right hand; 1979 dedication from McConnell to Mary Baker written on the back; Mr Irvin was on the staff of the New Yorker as an art consultant, illustrator and art editor for over 30 years and is responsible for the magazine's visual character and type-face