Ozark Ike by Ray Gotto 1948
Dick Tracy by Chester Gould 1936
Terry and the Pirates by Milton Caniff 1934
Jungle Jim by Alex Raymond 1939
Mary Perkins On Stage by Leonard Starr 1957
Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray 1957
Captain Easy by Roy Crane 1941
Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts 1951
Prince Valiant by Harold Foster 1962
Terry and the Pirates (and Burma) by Milton Caniff 1936
These pieces of original art will be going up at Heritage Auctions soon.
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I would love to know the original dimensions of these original artworks. Such detail and complexity.
There’s a picture of Mauldin at a drawing table with a Willie & Joe piece — the panel looks to be 20 x 24!
I imagine Heritage reports sizes, I’ll have to look.
According to Heritage Auctions…
The Hal Foster piece has an image area of 22.75″ x 33.5″
https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/hal-foster-prince-valiant-sunday-comic-strip-original-art-dated-6-3-1962-king-features-synd/p/40184-11110.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515
Alex Raymond’s measures 24″ x 11″ matted image area
https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/alex-raymond-jungle-jim-sunday-comic-strip-original-art-dated-7-2-1939-king-features-syndic/p/40184-11108.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515
The 1934 Caniff has an image area of 20″ x 6″
https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/milton-caniff-terry-and-the-pirates-daily-comic-strip-original-art-dated-11-22-34-news-synd/p/40184-11038.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
The 1936 Caniff a bit larger with an image area of 21.5″ x 6.5″
https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/milton-caniff-terry-and-the-pirates-daily-comic-strip-original-art-dated-5-2-36-chicago-tri/p/40184-11043.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515
Chester Gould about the same: an image area of 20″ x 5.75″
https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/chester-gould-dick-tracy-daily-comic-strip-original-art-dated-12-17-36-chicago-tribune-ny/p/40184-11037.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515
Roy Crane’s a bit shorter: an image area of 20.5″ x 4.5″
https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/roy-crane-and-leslie-turner-wash-tubbs-daily-comic-strip-original-art-dated-6-13-41-nea-ser/p/40184-11011.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515
The Gotto and Gray are 20″ x 6″ which seems to be the norm for dailies of that era, give or take a centimeter here and there.
Thanks for that D. D.