Fritz the Cat (Ballantine, 1969)

Artist: Robert Crumb (All)

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Fritz the Cat (Ballantine, 1969) Comic Art

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Title:	Fritz the Cat (Ballantine, 1969)
Artist:	Robert Crumb (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	Sold for $717,000 on May 2017
Views:	632
Likes on CAF:	1 2
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Added to Site:	3/13/2020
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Fritz gets cozy with girlfriend Charlene in this famous cover image, taken from the oversized collection of stories first published by Ballantine in October, 1969. This book was so popular, it rated a second printing a month later! The image would go on to inspire a popular statue by Randy Bowen and Neil Surges in 2003 that quickly sold out. Fritz himself would go on to star in two feature-length animated movies, Fritz the Cat (1972), and The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974). Fritz remains one of R. Crumb's most popular characters, one that dates back to the homemade comics Robert was producing as a teenager in the early sixties.

This piece sold for a World Record price of $717,000 in our 2017 May Signature Auction.

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