Existing comment:
(55) Air Log Rolling Contest, ca. 1941-1942.
Drawn as a cover for Saturday Evening Post.
Watercolor and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09128 (55)
Shown in a breathtaking moment, a young man and woman are suspended in mid air, each about to fall off a log labeled "Air Log Rolling Co[ntest]." Artist Robert Edmond Lee (1899 -1980) created this dynamic cover design for the Saturday Evening Post, capturing the figures' anxious expressions and precarious positions just before impact. Though apparently not used, the illustration displays Lee's fine watercolor technique and ability to picture amusing moments of action. Born in San Francisco, Lee studied with Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York. Remaining there, he illustrated for Ladies Home Journal and commercial clients. |