George Herriman was an American Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1881. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Centre Pompidou Paris have featured George Herriman's work in the past.George Herriman's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 40 USD to 71,875 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2005 the record price for this artist at auction is 71,875 USD for Krazy Kat Sunday Comic Strip, sold at Heritage Auctions, Dallas in 2023. George Herriman has been featured in articles for The New York Times, ARTFORUM and Art Review . The most recent article is Philip Guston's Teenage Drawings Reveal a Lost World of Funny Pages written for ArtDaily in June 2024. The artist died in 1944.
Artist's alternative names: George Joseph Herriman
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