Description New York, Germany,1898-2000
Titled "War birds are coming," depicting the face of a woman looking towards the sky shielding her eyes from the sun rendered in deep black and vivid white. This drawing was removed from a portfolio of 30 works to which we will be selling over time with examples spanning from the early 1900's to his later modernist works of the 1940's during WWII.
Dimensions Paper 17" x 11 1/4",Overall 21 1/2" x 15 3/4"
Artist or Maker Otto Plaug Jr.
Medium Ink on paper
Condition Report Small tear to left side under mount, otherwise good condition.
Provenance Originally purchased from the estate of the artist, New York, from the collection of a Plainfield, Connecticut gentleman.
Notes Signed and dated "Plaug '39" lower right corner in image, annotated in pencil "War birds are coming." lower right on mount, signed "Otto Plaug Greenfield Center N.Y. R.F.D.2" on mount on verso.