Image: Animazing Gallery, Las Vegas
Charles Schulz’s ‘Smack!’ is an original oversized vintage illustration featuring Snoopy and Lucy, bringing the two Peanuts characters together in a work identified by its title, artist and subject.
Executed in black Conté crayon on oversized paper, the drawing measures approximately 36 x 24 inches and dates to circa 1971–1972, placing its medium, scale and period within the information supplied for the work.
‘Smack!’ is hand-signed at lower center and is identified as coming from the Dr. Reardon Collection.
Peanuts also expanded beyond the comic strip into television specials, including the Emmy-winning ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’, as well as books and a huge merchandise collection, with those formats and the merchandise collection forming part of the franchise’s documented expansion.
