Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878-1960), Two pen and ink drawings

Lot 485

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Lot Description

Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878-1960)
Two pen and ink drawings, c. 1953
each paired with the published page from S. Kip Farrington's book, "Fishing The Pacific"

"Black Marlin Headed North Off Cabo Blanco with Dorsal Fin Down"
pen and ink, 5 3/4 by 11 1/4 in.
signed "Lynn Bogue Hunt" lower right
Chapter 2 header

"Yellowfin Tuna Jumping"
pen and ink, 5 by 10 3/4 in.
Chapter 10 header

Farrington was the saltwater editor for "Field & Stream" for nearly two decades and one of Hunt's prominent patrons and friends. "Together, Farrington and Hunt wrote and illustrated eight books...the two were an odd pair...but they had two things in common: they both loved duck hunting and bluewater fishing."

Literature: Kevin C. Shelly, "Lynn Bogue Hunt: A Sporting Life," New York, NY, 2003, p. 30. S. Kip Farrington, "Fishing the Pacific, Offshore and On," New York, NY, 1953, pp. 54, 130, illustrated.

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