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x	Lot 27	Pruett Carter								x
x		Man on burro with Mexican soldiers.								x
x		“She tried to picture him travelling the Mexican mountains by donkey...” Story illustration: “To the Ends of the Earth”, author: Kathleen Norris, 1934; Oil on canvas, 28 x 42", signed ll								x
x		Estimate: $3,500 - 5,000								x
x		For its time, this composition — cutting off the top of the hero's head, other figures spilling out of the frame — was unorthordox, but it was the beginning of ‘unstaged camera angles’ to give illustrations a more spontaneous, candid feel, a technique that Al Parker and others would later use to great effect.								x
x		Condition - Very good overall: a few small inpaints in orange sky and a few at extreme lower edge, painting has been professionally relined. 3" wide black, fluted frame. Overall dimensions: 33.5 x 47.5 x 2"								x
x		For its time, this composition — cutting off the top of the hero's head, other figures spilling out of the frame — was unorthordox, but it was the beginning of ‘unstaged camera angles’ to give illustrations a more spontaneous, candid feel, a technique that Al Parker and others would later use to great effect.								x
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