JOHN ATHERTON (1900-1952) "The Corn Belt." [COVER ART /

JOHN ATHERTON (1900-1952)

"The Corn Belt." Cover illustration for Holiday Magazine, August 1948 (illustrating the story "The Corn Belt: by Russell Lord," pages 34-47), and cover of Atherton's own book How I Make a Picture (Westport, Ct.: Institute of Commercial Art, 1949). Gouache and ink on board. 21x16½ inches, image on 24x18½-inch board. Signed "Atherton" in lower right corner of inset illustration. Laid into inset matte and framed to 32x26 inches. Provenance: Brock & Co., Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Doyle, New York, 10/16/2013; thence to private owner.