Lot 72
[Kennedy, John F.] Original Doodle Drawn as Senator. Doodle accomplished by JFK on his United States Senate stationery, in pencil. Kennedy has drawn what appears to be an art deco-like sketch with about a dozen square and rectangular boxes to the right of it. Though not a skilled artist, JFK, who served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 to1960, was a prolific doodler who occasionally painted landscape and building scenery. The piece has one horizontal fold and is in fine condition. It is from the files of the late Congressman Michael J. Kirwan (1886-1970) of Ohio, who was Kennedy's longtime friend, and was given to presidential historian John Burke Jovich, Congressman Kirwan's neighbor and protégé, by his widow, Alice Kirwan, during his teenage years. Jovich is currently writing a comprehensive biography about the influential legislator, tentatively titled "Iron Mike" Kirwan: The Capstone of Congressional Power. Estimate Value $800 - UP
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