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Fields, W.C. (1880 – 1946)

An early, detailed and marvellous original sketch by W. C. Fields, accomplished in fountain pen ink on an off-white 11.25″ x 8.5″ sheet. The comic actor depicts a man (likely Fields himself) driving a speeding car, soaring high above a valley, with a hiker fleeing from a nearby summit, smoke rising from the chimney of houses below, and a small ship floating in a distant sea, the tops of mountains and an island also visible in the background. Signed in the upper left corner, ‘Sincerely yrs, W. C. Fields’.

In generally fine condition, with soiling, staining, toning, and several professional repairs to edge tears.