Dean Cornwell (American, 1892-1960) One Night in Venice, Hearst International magazine interior illustration, 1922 Oil on canvas 26 x 46 inches (66.0 x 116.8 cm) Signed and dated lower left: Dean Cornwell / 22 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JEANNE CLOSUIT LONG, HOUSTON, TEXAS LITERATURE: P.J. Broder, Dean Cornwell Dean of Illustrators, Portland, Oregon, 2000, p. 42, illustrated. "'Perhaps it was caprice ... I do not know,' said the Contessa softly. 'But when I passed into this gondola alone with you tonight -- you who no one know -- I did what is in my world unforgivable.'" - F. Britten Austin, "One Night in Venice" Hearst's International, 1922 HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved See More