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The Shadow of the Placemat

Artists: Michael Kaluta (All) , Michael Wm Kaluta (All)

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Artwork Details

Title:	The Shadow of the Placemat
Artist:	Michael Kaluta (All)
Artist:	Michael Wm Kaluta (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	264
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	8/6/2024
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Description

Michael Kaluta's off-the-cuff straight-to-pen The Shadow portrait done on paper placemat (10 x 14") whilst in a restaurant! (date unknown, but pre-2000)

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	Emanuel Maris
Joined:	September 2016
Last Login:	November 2025
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Will K
Member Since 2006

Posted on 8/6/2024

If the rule was "will draw for food", I hope he ate very well. Nice drawing.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/6/2024

This is more detailed than many pieces done on regular paper! Maybe done in the spur of the moment, but has a pulp illustration look that works so well in the theme of an old school diner mat paper!

Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 8/6/2024

Methinks he tipped the waiter too much ;)

Comics Superworld
Member Since 2007

Posted on 8/7/2024

'I'm Picasso!'

ilia georgiev
Member Since 2006

Posted on 8/23/2024

What a beautiful tribute to the pulp illustrations. The detail is amazing. The Shadow's slouch hat is done to perfection.

Tony Isaza
Member Since 2010

Posted on 9/15/2025

Looks greattttt. Too bad it was not dated with an exact date

Emanuel Maris
Member Since 2016

Posted on 9/15/2025

Tony Isaza wrote:

Looks greattttt.� Too bad it was not dated with an exact date

Well, I was gonna send Vinnie and Sally around to 'educate' Mike about not dating his random artworks, but on the other hand, real collectors of (an artist's) artworks should have enough of a discerning eye to be able to slot works into a rough estimate of just a few years....

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