Lot #626: ROBERT "BOB" KANE - The Joker - Pen and ink drawing on paper

 

Artist: Robert "Bob" Kane (American, 1915-1998).
Title: "The Joker ["Bats Personal Regards"]".
Medium: Pen and ink drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1975.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 x 7 1/4 in. (305 x 184 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed and annotated, lower right. Drawn on cream wove paper. Fine condition. Provenance: From the collection of an assiduous and long time collector of Kane material.
Comment(s): Robert “Bob” Kane (born Robert Kahn in New York City) was an American comic book writer and artist who co-created, with Bill Finger, the DC Comics character Batman. Kane's work is housed in collections in New York City's Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Image copyright © DC Comics/Warner Bros. [29901-2-600-NA]