Original pencil portrait of Alfred Eisensteadt, inscribed, “To Alfred”, signed and dated March 1945

by Floyd Davis

$650 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Pencil on paper. 1 vols. 7-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Fine. Item #40505 A fine sympathetic full-face drawing of the photographer, undoubtedly done from life. Floyd MacMillan Davis 1896-1966 began by doing advertising art, and in the 1930s began illustrating southern rural scenes and people forthe works of William Faulkner, MacKinlay Kantor and others. During WWII he was selected as a War Department artist and painted in various war theatres: many of

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