Mead Schaeffer (American, 1898-1980) Captain Blood, Blood Money, The American Magazine interior story illustration, July 1936 Oil on canvas 32 x 23 inches (81.3 x 58.4 cm) Signed lower right: Mead Schaeffer PROPERTY FROM THE SORDONI COLLECTION PROVENANCE: Phillips Gallery, New York; Acquired by the present owner from the above. EXHIBITED: Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, "Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art," April 7-May 20, 2018. LITERATURE: W. and R. Reed, Illustrator in America: 1880-1980, A Century of Illustration, New York, 1984, p. 199, illustrated; W. Reed, Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West, Santa Cruz, California, 2010, p. 225, illustrated; S.I. Grand, Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art, exhibition catalogue, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2018, p. 155, no. 66, illustrated. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved See More