This piece, typical of his stamp art, is pencil-signed at lower right. The last ones we are aware of being sold were in about 1998. His paintings are seldom available on the art market. He went on to have a long and varied career, passing away in 1996 in Los Angeles. Not needing the added problems of dealing with the FBI to those of a struggling artist, he switched back to painting stamps, but continued to do currency paintings on the side. In 1961, when he moved to Los Angeles, he began his Currency painting period which eventually led him to attract the attention of the FBI and J Edgar Hoover.
AUTOGRAPH OF ENOLA GAY NAVIGATOR SERIES
One of the first "Pop" art painting series he made of US Aviation stamps were primarily made during the 1960 period while he lived in San Francisco. Dowd was an original member of the Pop Art movement along with Roy Liechtenstein, Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, etc.
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Signed by Paul Tibbets (pilot), Dutch Van Kirk (navigator). A striking model and display case.Īviation Art, c1960s, Pop Artist Robert Dowd" Original Pencil "Stamp" Art (10圆.5") This original red/black pencil perforated "stamp" painting depicts the 1928 2c Civil Aviation stamp issued by the US government to honor the International Civil Aviation Conference held in Washington, DC of the same year. Enola Gay crew, the plane that dropped the worlds first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Accompanied by a COA certifying the authenticity of all 3 autographs. The first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. (Today it is illegal to remove Trinite from the site but any taken prior to the prohibition is available in very limited quantity.) "Little Boy" was assembled in Los Alamos, NM, shipped on the Indianapolis to Tinian and on August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, with Tibbets at the controls, departed for Hiroshima. Also mounted on the base is a small piece of "Trinitite," the glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test on 7/16/45. A specifications plate provides details of the bomb and its delivery. It is one of only 82 signed by all 3 crew members, 2 of whom are now deceased. The detailed model of "Little Boy" measures 9½" x 2¾" and sits on a 17" x 16" base. Paul Tibbets, Commander of 509 Composite Group and Pilot, Dutch Van Kirk, Navigator, and Morris Jeppson, Weapon Test Officer all autographed the model.
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Aviation, "Little Boy" Atomic Bomb model autographed by 3 crew members of the Enola Gay.