Eronen, Matti :: Alex Raymond

Rip Kirby dailies 4. & 5.7.1955 with Jaguar XK120 dashboard and pointillistic art

Artist: Alex Raymond (All)

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Rip Kirby dailies 4. & 5.7.1955 with Jaguar XK120 dashboard and pointillistic art Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Rip Kirby dailies 4. & 5.7.1955 with Jaguar XK120 dashboard and pointillistic art
Artist:	Alex Raymond (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	853
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	9/3/2023
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Description

There were many good reasons to acquire this pretty awesome artwork, 2 consecutive dailies from the story "Carno's Carnivores".

First, there is a classical beautiful lady, with a great play of shadows and lights. Then the real eye-catcher for me was the perfectly correctly done Jaguar XK120 dashboard! Well, an easy task for Alex Raymond once he had this car in his garage ;-) Check the additional photo for what I mean.
And last but not least, look at the last panel! Raymond again exceeded all expectations by creating a new pattern (I don't remember seeing this earlier) to present headlights at night with a light fog around there. There are 2 vanishing points in the lights, perfect perspective drawn, and depth so beautifully created.

This is so elegantly done in the style of van Gogh / pointillism! And think again, this was "just" for a daily newspaper, for the next day something else, 6 times weekly! Needing to underline again also: look again carefully, there is not a single drop correction fluid used! All Raymond's lines are perfectly done without any mistakes, stunning artwork.

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	Matti Eronen
Joined:	March 2017
Last Login:	September 2025
Website:	http://Illusi0n.com
Country:	FINLAND
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/4/2023

Stunning! The end panels with the shadows overpower the center story panels and create weight and visual balance.

Thomas Ward
Member Since 2004

Posted on 9/4/2023

A stunning pair of Rips! Many congrats!

Monty B
Member Since 2006

Posted on 9/4/2023

Fabulous pair of dailies!!! I'm really curious as to your final framing solution... :-)

Matti Eronen
Member Since 2017

Posted on 9/4/2023

Monty B wrote:

Fabulous pair of dailies!!! I'm really curious as to your final framing solution... :-)

Now it is half done, satin window mat (satin makes black much darker, not reflecting light) with silver rim list, just like instruments rings in Jags dashboard ;-) But the frame I am still thinking and looking for a suitable one. The backboard (where the artwork is mounted with photo corners only, so no any tape is used) and window mat wasn't 100% adjusted for the photo, so it looks like the window mat is a bit overlapping the panel. I must confess it was a bit tight dimensioning, or maybe I made a mistake, or the frame shop, or Raymond made 2mm higher dailies in 1955 vs 1953, from where I took the measurements.

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