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Los Angeles, 1927; Original Leo Cotton pen and ink drawing of Dorothy MacKaye, notorious actress at the center of the scandal that rocked Hollywood in 1927 when her husband, musical comedy star Ray Raymond, was beaten to death by popular actor Paul Kelly, with whom McKaye was involved in a love triangle. While serving time in San Quentin for her part in the crime, MacKaye wrote "Women In Prison," which in 1933 was made into the Warner Bros. film "Ladies They Talk About," starring Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster, and again in 1942 as "Lady Gangster," with Faye Emerson and Jackie Gleason. Artist Leo Cotton (1880-1946) was longtime art director of the Los Angeles Examiner where his illustrations for years were a regular feature of the newspaper’s format. In the fine arts arena he is noted for his California landscape paintings, in particular those of the Palm Springs desert region. Drawn on heavy stock and dated on the back 5-29-27, at the time of the trial. Signed… Read More

Lebanon, PA, 1839; Original pen and ink drawing entitled "A Scene On The Susquehanna, Lancaster Co., Pa." accompanied by a handwritten poem describing the artist’s first meeting with his sweetheart on the river’s banks. Signed at lower right, "by request of N.S., Lebanon." A leaf from the 1839 friendship album of Miss Rachel Toby of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Attractively matted and framed entirely acid-free, ready for hanging. Sheet size 6 3/8" x 7 5/8", image size 6" x 6 1/4", full matted size 10"x 10". Fine condition. An enchanting piece of antebellum Americana.