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DESCRIPTION: Fine original watercolor by listed artist and illustrator Hugh Laidman. It is one of seven works by the artist we are selling done during his service with the USMC as a combat artist. It is a portrait of a Marine Technical Sargent with military tents in the background. The man is identified as T Sgt Taylor by the artist at lower left, and also inscribed with the location Guadalcanal. Laidman began his artistic career as a one of the first combat artists in the US Marine Corps. After WWII he became a well known illustrator who did dozens of covers for many major magazines and also had a popular nationally syndicated cartoon strip. TYPE: Art SUB TYPE: Painting REGION: United States SUB REGION: New York MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTIST/MAKER: Laidman, Hugh SIGNED/UNSIGNED: Signed DATE: 1943 INSIDE HEIGHT: INSIDE WIDTH: OUTSIDE HEIGHT: 22 OUTSIDE WIDTH: 15 OUTSIDE DEPTH: