Two Pencil Drawings, one entitled, "Impotence"

Price: $2,500.00


About the item

11 x 8.5 inches, on Far Horizons stationary. The sheet is lightly age-toned, with one short edge tear and a small crease at tip of one corner, else very good, with both drawings fresh and clean. The sheet is laid into a file folder. The folder, which is detached at spine, with browning and chipping, states, in early pencil, in an unknown hand, on the front cover: "For Mrs. Thurber/ to be called for"; beneath the pencil inscription is an ink notation, in unknown hand, which states: "original Thurber drawing."

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The first drawing is entitled "Impotence" (not cited under this title in Bowden, who lists known Thurber drawings). The drawing depicts a very large, kneeling dog-like figure who is staring into the eyes of a submissive, crouching man; the man is much smaller in size than the imposing dog-like figure. The drawing is captioned in large printed pencil: "Impotence." The verso of the quarto sheet has a second pencil sketch which depicts a twin-bodied creature kneeling or crouching down – the left part of the figure is dog-like and looking straight ahead; the right part of the figure, the posterior, has a man's angry face on it. This figure is possibly a rejected study for the "Impotence" drawing. The sheet is lightly age-toned, with one short edge tear and a small crease at tip of one corner, else very good, with both drawings fresh and clean.