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Joe Dimaggio piece?

jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭
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Anyone have any idea what this is? Year maybe?
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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 10,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's possible it was done by Bill Gallo an artist/cartoonist with the New York Daily News. Can't really make out the autograph towards the bottom,but the artwork resembles his work. I believe he goes back to at least the late 40's and up. Will try Wikpedia.
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  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow thanks I didn't think it was possibly that old. I will check later to see if I can make out the auto.
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  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭
    It looks like EDIGOE
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  • MyDaughtersNameIsMattinglyMyDaughtersNameIsMattingly Posts: 541 ✭✭✭
    There was a sports cartoonist named Herb "Hype" Igoe. He was known mainly for boxing pieces.

  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks going to go check him out..
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,486 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks going to go check him out.. >>

    Hiya John

    I don't believe it's the same artist? Igoe died in 1945 and DiMaggio was in the Army/WWII during that time. I don't think the "timing" fits the 'narrative' of the artwork.

    Plus, the way he signs his art it totally different than what you have.

    BTW - that's a great piece! Is it original artwork?

    Igoe artwork:

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    Mike
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭
    Hi Mike,
    I honestly don't know it feels like original paper not some sort of copy?
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,486 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hi Mike,
    I honestly don't know it feels like original paper not some sort of copy? >>

    Looks original on my screen.

    Can you scan or take a closeup of the sig?
    Mike
  • MyDaughtersNameIsMattinglyMyDaughtersNameIsMattingly Posts: 541 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It looks like EDIGOE >>




    This article mentions Hype's son Edmund, so perhaps he was an artist as well?

  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭
    I would love to know the year?
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    oh wait. i thought this thread was about Marilyn Monroe.

    my bad. image
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,486 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's a piece done by his son Ed Igoe - you can see his sig was a bit simpler here:

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    Mike
  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 10,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Upon seeing the close up of the auto. it's not Bill Gallo. But the artwork/style resembles Bill Gallos' work or vice versa. Much of his work is archived at Syracuse University according to a Wikpedia link to SU if you care to check it out.
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