EDWIN GEORGI. "'Nikki's not staying,' Dodo explained.

EDWIN GEORGI."'Nikki's not staying,' Dodo explained. 'I just can't get him to worry about the Maloney Trust. He thinks money's stupid.'" Four studies of a story illustration for "Invitation to Murder" by Leslie Ford, published in The Saturday Evening Post, July 17, 1954, page 19. Mixed media, featuring ink and gouache on paper, with some tempera in larger study. Largest and most finished study at right is 344x268; 13½x10½ inches (sight), on 14½x11½-inch sheet. Medium-sized study at lower left is 245x193 mm; 9½x7½ inches (sight), on 10½x8¼-inch sheet. Small study at far left is 109x90 mm; 4¼x3½ inches (sight), on 4¾x4-inch sheet. Small study at inner left is 100x90 mm; 4x3½ inches (sight), on 5x4¾-inch sheet. All unsigned. Small study at inner left has two horizontal slices running width of sheet at the top; held together with cellotape on verso. Presented together in a custom matte to highlight larger study; framed. Accompanied by the tear sheet.