Lot of 9 pencil and pastel sketches, each 17.5 x 23 in., almost all dated and copyrighted by the artist in lower margin, depicting Justices in groupings, from two to all nine together, on the bench, hearing arguments between 1981-1983. Accompanied by printed biography autographed by the artist. 

Joan Andrew, Washington Post and CNN Sketch Artist

Collection of Original Sketches

Lots 210-221

Joan Andrew, a graduate of the University of Colorado, is an award-winning painter, sculptor, and weaver. From 1981 until 1984, Andrew also worked as a sketch artist for the Washington Post and CNN, illustrating the proceedings in the United States District Court, the Supreme Court, and the Senate. Working in quickly in Prisma colored pencil, Andrew was often required to complete upwards of eight drawings per session, sometimes averaging one portrait every fifteen minutes. Her adept renderings of scenes from the courtroom and Senate floor document important scenes of U.S. judicial and legislative history.