Holiday ephemera: Many one-of-a-kind items on sale at artnet Auctions

NEW YORK, N.Y.- artnet Auctions presents the Holiday Ephemera Sale, an extensive auction of over 150 rare and unusual art collectibles—-many of them one-of-a-kind—-from the personal collections of well-known artists and collectors, covering a wide range of periods, styles, and art movements. The highlight of the Holiday Ephemera Sale is an extremely rare, fully-realized drawing by Jack Kerouac (American, 1922–1969), Untitled, c.1957 (Est. US$7,500–9,500), rich in the Catholic imagery that was a recurring theme in his work, and an important part of his cosmology. The drawing depicts Christ on the cross, with three wise men standing in the foreground, as an angel descends from the heavens. In the background, a man hangs from the gallows while the sun shines over distant hills. The drawing comes from John Sampas, who was the brother of Kerouac’s third wife. The sale also offers a wonderfully spi

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