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Constantin Alajalov
Distracted Golfer, Saturday Evening Post Cover

1960

$75,000
£57,596.77
€66,005.19
CA$105,581.48
A$118,274.58
CHF 61,631.84
MX$1,442,705.85
NOK 783,199.35
SEK 738,501.17
DKK 492,644.70

About the Item

Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 2,1960. The Post described, ““Golfe '' was outlawed during its infancy in Scotland because too many archers, on whom the defense of the land rested, were golfing when they should have been on the archery range. Today it’s possible to play golf and shoot arrows (or daggers, at least) simultaneously; witness the baleful glare of the sourpuss on our cover. Artist Constantin Alajalov, who shoots in the high 80’s, sympathizes with sourpusses whose games are sabotaged by the Sunbonnet Sam and his ilk. Sam is the so-and-so in the foreground who is loudly striking up an acquaintance while our jittery golfer asks himself, Isn’t that the chowderhead whose noisy, blankety-blank camera shutter cost me a stroke on the last green? Which helps explain why certain golfers appear to have a stroke every time they drop a stroke.” (The Saturday Evening Post, July 2,1960, p. 3) Signature: Signed Lower Left
  • Creator:
    Constantin Alajalov (1900 - 1987, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 32581stDibs: LU38432367493

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