The bugs got your little drop-leaf table. (The gypsy moths got your wicker table)", an original cartoon for [The New Yorker Magazine] (AF5771)

George Booth (American, 1926–2022) · 1982

$300 hammer

≈ £231≈ €271 Show prices also in

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Medium: Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →
As published: “pen and ink and ink wash on paper”
Support: Paper
Signed / inscribed: Signed lower left
Category: Drawings
Dimensions: 12 x 9 in.
Auction house: Brunk Auctions
Sale: Day 2: Modern, American, Pottery & British (1574)
Date: July 9, 2016
Lot: 592
Estimate: $300 – $500 (≈ £231 – £385) (≈ €271 – €452)
Source: Auction house live.brunkauctions.com ↗
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice in 2016 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1

Jan 15, 2016 · Brunk Auctions
Day 1: American, Southern & Modern Works, lot 21
Bought in / unsold · est. $600 – $900
As catalogued
George Booth, “The bugs got your little drop-leaf table. (The gypsy moths got your wicker table)", an original cartoon for [The New Yorker Magazine] (AF5771)”, 1982
pen and ink and ink wash on paper
12 x 9 in.
Jul 9, 2016 · Brunk Auctions this result
Day 2: Modern, American, Pottery & British, lot 592
Sold $300Sign up to see · est. $300 – $500
As catalogued
George Booth, “The bugs got your little drop-leaf table. (The gypsy moths got your wicker table)", an original cartoon for [The New Yorker Magazine] (AF5771)”, 1982
pen and ink and ink wash on paper
12 x 9 in.

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