^Lot 35 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Original unsigned pencil sketch of what appears to be some sort of scoring sheet or table with the figures 1–8 and several vertical bars, on an off-white 5.5 x 5.75 perforated sheet, circa 1953–1961. In fine condition, with mild toning. The sketch is accompanied by an unsigned photocopied letter of provenance which reads, in part: “Jack Z. Anderson…served…in the Eisenhower administration and…was required to attend all cabinet meetings. He…noticed that the president would ‘doodle,’ sometimes on the agenda, sometimes on…paper during the discussions and…slip the completed doodles underneath the large blotter at his place at the Cabinet table. Mr. Anderson would retrieve the drawings.… The president then began taking them with him and throwing them away…. The Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas has photostats of the doodles.”