58 original ink and wash drawings for About People, each individually titled by the artist in pencil with printers' notes on versos, — STEIG, WILLIAM. 1907-2003.

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Estimate: $8,000–$12,000 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Literature, Featuring Two Private Collections, New York · 5 December 2019
Record ID: TB-2026-831101
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Steig, William. 1907-2003., 58 original ink and wash drawings for About People, each individually titled by the artist in pencil with printers' notes on versos,. Bonhams, 5 Dec 2019, lot 118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-831101.

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Steig, William. 1907-2003., 58 original ink and wash drawings for About People, each individually titled by the artist in pencil with printers' notes on versos,. Bonhams, 5 Dec 2019, lot 118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-831101.

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From the same sale Fine Literature, Featuring Two Private Collections · Dec 2019

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The Workes of our Ancient and lerned English Poet.... London: George …	Chaucer, Geoffrey. 1343-1400.	$3,000–$5,000
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