NICKY ZANN. "Play Brawl." [SPORTS]

NICKY ZANN."Play Brawl." Illustration to accompany the article by Stan Fischler and Joe Resnick for Swank magazine, 1983. Graphite, India ink, and markers on Bristol board paper. 224x455 mm; 8¾x18 inches, on 10½x19¾-inch sheet. Signed "Nicky Zann" in lower right image.Zann (1943 - ) is a New York-based artist whose career spans five decades and reaches far and wide across New York's pop and culture scene. Recognized as one of the most innovative and prolific cartoonists and illustrators of his generation, Zann's work has appeared in magazines such as Newsweek, Esquire, Fortune; daily newspapers such as The New York Times; and in comics and on mystery covers. His celebrity caricatures have been featured in ads for ABC, MTV, CBS and NBC networks, as well as for HBO. In the early 1970s, the Disney Corporation endorsed Zann to draw Disney characters, all personally approved by Roy Disney. His work has been exhibited around the world including at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Textile Museum in the Netherlands.