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1889 Salt Lake City, Utah - 1958 Belmar, New Jersey. Known for: Jazz-Age genre, flapper figures-illustration.
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation.... Read full biography
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation. His stereotypical flapper women were depicted as simple minded, flat chested and ever accompanied by... Read full biography
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation. His stereotypical flapper women were depicted as simple minded, flat chested and ever accompanied by a raccoon-coated beaux. John Held Jr was born in 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He came by his talent and interest in illustration through his father, who was a copperplate engraver who had... Read full biography
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation. His stereotypical flapper women were depicted as simple minded, flat chested and ever accompanied by a raccoon-coated beaux. John Held Jr was born in 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He came by his talent and interest in illustration through his father, who was a copperplate engraver who had illustrated an edition of The Book of Mormon. When John Jr. was fifteen, he made his first sale, which was to the original Life magazine. The next year he took a job as the sports cartoonist for the Salt Lake City Tribune. He studied art only briefly in his... Read full biography
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation. His stereotypical flapper women were depicted as simple minded, flat chested and ever accompanied by a raccoon-coated beaux. John Held Jr was born in 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He came by his talent and interest in illustration through his father, who was a copperplate engraver who had illustrated an edition of The Book of Mormon. When John Jr. was fifteen, he made his first sale, which was to the original Life magazine. The next year he took a job as the sports cartoonist for the Salt Lake City Tribune. He studied art only briefly in his teens with sculptor Mahonri Young, Brigham Young's famous grandson. In 1912, Held went t... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeJohn Held Jr. Merely Margy Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 5-11-30 (King Features Syndicate, 1930)
John Held Jr Auction: 11/16/2017 - 11/18/2017Lot: 93090Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeMerely Margy Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 5-25-30 (King Features Syndicate, 1930)
John Held Jr Auction: 11/19/2020 - 11/21/2020Lot: 94063Subscribe or get free alerts
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