"Secret Service Operator 13, Magazine Story Illustration" Lot no. 3981
By Norman Mills Price 1877-1951
1933 (Estimated)
9.00" x 12.00"
Ink on Paper
Signed Lower Right
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Story illustration for “End of the World,” the final installment of the serial “Secret Service Operator 13” by Robert William Chambers, published in Cosmopolitan, July 1933, illustrated page 86.
The story follows Gail Loveless, a young female Yankee spy during the U.S. Civil War, who juggles romance and her mission with the American Secret Service.
The full caption reads: “John Galliard took Operator 13 into his arms, and the long-pent-up tears began to choke her.”
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Illustrator, Norman Mills Price was born in Brampton, Ontario (1877) and began his studies at the Ontario School of Art. Around 1901 he spent time in London, studying at the Goldsmith's Institute; Westminster School of Art; and with Cruikshank. While in London, he was the founder of Carlton Studios.
He later went on to Paris, studying at the Academie Julian, with J.P. Laurens and R.E. Miller. He did freelance work in Paris until an assignment in Belgium for Century brought him to the attention of other American publishers. In 1911, he had a studio in New York City, and worked for such publication as Harper's, Cosmopolitan, and Liberty.
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