BALLANTINE, Bill, (American, 20th C.): Illustration featuring The Flying Alexanders, Pen/Ink, Watercolor, Gouache and Pencil, 13 1/2'' x 16 3/4'' sight size, signed, encased in worn matting, unframed, 23'' x 25 1/2'', sold with a print of Fay Alexander and his wife, Rosie, 21'' x 31'' in frame. Bill Ballantine was a well known circus performer and illustrator. For more information, you can view his bio at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ballantine Fay Alexander was a legendary trapeze artist, who performed with Ringling Brothers & Barnum Bailey Circus, doubled for Tony Curits in ''Trapeze'', as well as being one of a select few aerialists able to execute the triple somersault. See http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/01/us/fay-alexander-circus-and-movie-daredevil-dies-at-75.html
CONDITION: Staining throughout. Print has water damage in right margin.