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Bil Keane (1922-2011) Addressing the Family Christmas Cards. [COMICS / FAMILY CIRCUS]

Sold for $1,875 at Swann Auction Galleries on Jun 24, 2021.

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BIL KEANE (1922-2011) Addressing the Family Christmas Cards. Original "The Family Circus" Sunday comic, published December 10, 1972, with The Register and Tribune Syndicate pastedown at upper left. Pen and ink over graphite on thick paper. 318x667 mm; 12 1/2x26 1/4 inches, on 13 3/4x28-inch sheet. Signed "Bil Keane" in lower right image and dated at upper left. Inscribed in upper right image, "To Teeny and Jack who send out their Christmas cards in May (they're either very early or very late)/With love, Thel and Bil." An 8 1/2x11-inch ALS to Jack and Tina from Bil and Thel (on Keane's letterhead) accompanies the lot. Provenance: Estate of William F. Brown and Tina Tippit Brown.

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