Lot 135: [ Books ]

(WATERCOLOR) IRVIN, REA (1881-1972), "THIS DAY IN HISTORY _ _ ORPHEUS INVENTS THE RECITAL, FEBRUARY, 10, 5287 B.C." Watercolor illustration published in "Musical America", February 10, 1929. Measures 13 x 10 in. (sight). Rea Irvin was the "New Yorker" magazine's first art editor and created the first cover and many others. Most of his original art was donated to institutions and rarely comes on the market. Framed and matted.