AMOS SEWELL (1901-1983)
AMOS SEWELL (1901-1983)
AMOS SEWELL (1901-1983)
AMOS SEWELL (1901-1983)
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AMOS SEWELL (1901-1983)

Let's Go Fishing!

Details
AMOS SEWELL (1901-1983)
Let's Go Fishing!
signed 'Amos/Sewell' (lower left)
mixed media on board
17 ¾ x 20 ¼ in. (45.1 x 51.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1962.
Provenance
Heritage, Dallas, Texas, 22 October 2011, lot 78375.
Private collection.
Heritage, Dallas, Texas, 3 May 2019, lot 68115.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
The Saturday Evening Post, August 25-September 1, 1962, cover illustration.
Further Details
The present work is accompanied by a copy of the August 25-September 1, 1962 edition of The Saturday Evening Post.

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Lot Essay

The present work was the cover illustration for the August 25-September 1, 1962 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, accompanied by the following explanation: "Forty minutes to go, broods Amos Sewell's thwarted young angler, and then Dad will waste still more time washing up and eating and dawdling over his coffee. From the look of this somnolent scene it is clear that no fish will be disturbed until at least seven o'clock, and then, as any youngster knows, the fish will be settling for a siesta. Why, wonders the young sprat, can't fathers coordinate their sleeping habits with those of fish?" (The Saturday Evening Post, August 25, 1962, p. 3)

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