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WILL EISNER. Complete original SPIRIT
STORY (7 pages, sold as lot).
"The Fallen Sparrow" (January
11, 1948) ... Page 1 of 7
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The somewhat complicated but unabashed
romance story begins with the jailed Powder Pouf (one
tough broad, most famous for her amazing spider-web Spirit
splash page) but actually stars Powder's cell mate,
Sparrow Fallon and childhood sweetheart and ex-con-turned
bank teller, Bleak. This one has dames breaking out of
prison, car chases, fist fights, murder and mayhem involving
The Spirit. The jail-break uses hot-steam-in-guard's-face
---page 4--- and Eisner lingers on the tortured guard's
body for a full panel. We did say it was a romance, right?
Prime Eisner artwork and layouts throughout. The perspective
in the opening panel of page 2 is particularly nice, as are the
action scenes. A well above average story.
Medium/size/condition/price: Brush & pen inks on Bristol board 16 1/4 inches
wide x 22 5/8 inches high. All pages have yellowing tape residue
at the tops and most on the bottom, but these are outside the
image areas. White-out on the splash panel reveals that the large
distinctive "S" in SPIRIT was originally not quite
as distinctive. The large right art panel is a paste-up.There
are no other paste-ups and relatively little white-out. Overall,
very clean. Excellent condition. $19,500 for the lot of
7 pages.
Provenance:
Warranted to be from the private archives of the Will Eisner
estate (exclusively represented by this agency) and further warranted
to be authentic. The art comes with a descriptive Bill of Sale
from the estate and agency.
(above image scanned from original
art)
We are willing to make special
payment arrangements on high dollar art. Contact us directly
for more information.
Additionally, the Will Eisner
Estate requires that a Bill of Sale in duplicate be signed by every purchaser of his original art. Essentially it
asks the buyer to acknowledge that you are buying the artwork
but no reproduction rights to the image. One of the Bills of
Sale will be counter-signed by our art agency and will be returned
to the buyer with the art. This will also act as a certificate
of authenticity and enable you to establish provenance should
you resale the piece later.
Bills of sale can be faxed, emailed,
or snail mailed to the buyer. Be aware though, we will not ship
art until we have received both signed copies of the Bill of
Sale. The process can take 7 to 14 days (to complete the sale
and ship art).
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