Lot 526: Two Frederic Gruger drawings (Frederic Rodrigo

Two Frederic Gruger drawings (Frederic Rodrigo Gruger, Pennsylvania, 1871-1953): study of a woman for an illustration titled "I don't live anywhere, she said at last", from O'Higgins, From the Life, published by Harper & Brothers, 1919, graphite and wash in grisaille, 5-7/8 x 3-7/8 in., black-painted frame with New Jersey framer's stamp verso, not removed from original frame, with note from artist's wife "I know this framed figure was part of a drawing FRG was not pleased with and which he destroyed. However, this figure was considered worth saving..."; studies of women, signed lower right "F.R. Gruger", pencil on card, 10-3/4 x 12-3/4 in., with glass but lacking frame; label present for The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Fifth Annual Exhibition, 1904, toning, light foxing. The Estate of the Late Margaret D. Gruger, Anderson, South Carolina