Monty B
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Walt Kelly - Pogo Christmas Daily - 19.12.1952

Location: KELLY, Walt - Pogo - Dailies 1951-1960
Artist: Walt Kelly (All)

Location: KELLY, Walt - Pogo - Dailies 1951-1960
Title: Walt Kelly - Pogo Christmas Daily - 19.12.1952
Artist: Walt Kelly (All)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Comic Strip
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 3542
Likes on CAF: 2
Comments: 9
Added to Site: 6/10/2014

Fantastic original Christmas-themed Pogo daily from 1952 with two wonderful large panels and on top of this it has been hand signed and colored by Walt Kelly himself. The story behind this is that the grandfather of the last owner was close friends with a local newspaper editor (California), who got him this wonderful piece. It has resided with the family for over 60 years until it was bestowed upon me...there are only very few handcoloured pieces (by the looks of it I would say he used water colors) by Kelly around and it is actually the first daily I have seen... You can also still see lots of the blue pencil that Kelly used for the preliminary scetches... First published December 19th 1952...If anyone has more info on handcoloured Pogo art, please let me know...

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Davide G. Member Since 2009

Posted On 6/10/2014

Congrats on this wonderful piece... And on your wedding, of course! Never seen a hand-colored Pogo before, thanks for sharing!

Thomas Ward Member Since 2004

Posted On 6/10/2014

WOW!!! What an awesome gift to oneself! lol That is so rare and unique how fun is that. Congrats on your newest acquisition and on your marriage!

Oystein Sorensen Member Since 2005

Posted On 6/10/2014

This is a real special one for sure.

Jim Warden Member Since 2003

Posted On 6/11/2014

Congratulations on your wedding and all my best to you and your family! You certainly picked a great wedding gift to yourself as this is a wonderful Pogo daily and made even more special by Waly Kelly hand coloring it! This is my favorite of all the Pogo pieces you have posted so far!

Max C Member Since 2004

Posted On 6/11/2014

Monty. This is an amazing piece. My deepest congratulations for your exceptional collection and, most of all, for your wedding. Best wishes to you, for everything you want, Buddy!

B. Jones Member Since 2011

Posted On 6/11/2014

What a fantastic find, Monty! Looks superb... really nice! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Bernard Voorzichtig Member Since 2012

Posted On 8/4/2014

Beautiful work and in color !

Rarebit Fiend Member Since 2005

Posted On 5/15/2015

Those Christmas dailies are all incredible, and a hand-colored Christmas daily is certainly among the most outstanding Pogo artwork you can ever hope to obtain. Long live King Sauerkraut!

Mark Yanko Member Since 2009

Posted On 10/30/2017

This is beyond wonderful. I only wish we could know the full circumstances that led to this daily being hand-colored.

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Walt Kelly - Pogo Christmas Daily - 19.12.1952

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