Tony Bennett's Original Warren Miller New Yorker Cartoon

Tony Bennett:  A Life Well-Lived was the name of an estate sale held at Julien's Auctions on April 18. When no less an institution than The New Yorker publishes a cartoon in which one's name is dropped and one then goes out and buys the original art of said cartoon, then one must surely be living the quintessential well-lived life. The cartoonist is Warren Miller. The cartoon itself is a somewhat surprising Down Under take on the singer, mate.

"O.K., man, so maybe you do sound a little bit like Tony Bennett.
Take my advice. Go back to Australia, marry that girl from
the next sheep station, and settle down."
Warren Miller
Original art
The New Yorker, June 9, 1975, p. 33

Warren Miller's signature

Warren Miller
Julien's Auctions listing of April 18, 2024 accessed in early April

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/tony-bennett-warren-miller-new-yorker-cartoon-22-c-f4d4b05a94?objectID=187809445&algIndex=upcoming_lots_prod&queryID=058cef7e7f3f878f50b25cb8bbe71348

Warren Miller
Julien's Auctions item description

Sold!

"O.K., man, so maybe you do sound a little bit like Tony Bennett. Take my advice. Go back to Australia, marry that girl from the next sheep station, and settle down."
Warren Miller
The New Yorker, June 9, 1975, p. 33

"O.K., man, so maybe you do sound a little bit like Tony Bennett. Take my advice. Go back to Australia, marry that girl from the next sheep station, and settle down."
Warren Miller
Original art
The New Yorker, June 9, 1975, p. 33

A geometric spot drawing and a cartoon by Warren Miller

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1975-06-09/flipbook/032/

This spot drawing seems to have an initial at the bottom of it. Could it be an H, as in Henry Martin? Oh, why not?

Spot
Henry Martin
The New Yorker, June 9, 1975, p. 32

Note:  Comedian Groucho Marx also owned a work of original New Yorker art that made reference to his work. It's all in my post here.

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Jack and Betty's Copy of The Art in Cartooning

Bauman Rare Books of Philadelphia offers a second copy of The Art in Cartooning (1975) for $3,200, making this book that once belonged to Jack and Betty the most expensive copy yet on the market. Jack could indeed be the same Jack Herbert whose copy of the book listed by the same rare book dealer we saw in yesterday's post. Cartoonist Henry Martin graced the book with a drawing of Betty painting Jack's portrait. Bill Woodman depicts the older couple roller skating together. Cartoons by Marvin Tannenberg and Roland Michaud both allude to golf and perhaps to the couple's differing opinions of it. Curiously, Michaud has not signed or drawn in any of the previous seven copies of this book we have seen here. Sam Gross gives the couple a cat cartoon with an unseen but talkative mouse.

On the next page, Lou Myers shows the couple to be doting grandparents and adds an unusual bit of color to the hats. George Booth provides the half-title with a complicated double-drawing, the wheels of an old-time car in profile doubling as a driver's goggles and eyes seen en face. He includes an eight-line verse. The whole thing seems to have a lot of moving parts and surely must have been worked out by him in advance.  

 

The Art in Cartooning
Bauman Rare Books listing accessed April 13, 2024

https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/booth-george-new-yorker/art-in-cartooning/126825.aspx

Note:  Has anything like George Booth's light verse been encountered before? Do tell.

For that matter, this blog would benefit from additional images of drawn-in copies of The Art in Cartooning—why would I stop at eight?—or of other books drawn upon by any of these seven artists.

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Charles Addams: In the Library's Stacks

How many photographs does it take to sell an original New Yorker cartoon by the great Charles Addams? Two? Four? An eBay seller goes all in with twenty-four.

Charles Addams
Original art
The New Yorker, July 10, 1971, p. 21
Favorite Haunts (1976), p. 50

Charles Addams
Original art
The New Yorker, July 10, 1971, p. 21
Favorite Haunts (1976), p. 50

Charles Addams
Original art
The New Yorker, July 10, 1971, p. 21
Favorite Haunts (1976), p. 50

Charles Addams's signature

Ding

Ding

Ding

Charles Addams
eBay listing ended March 10, 2023

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115727486985?hash=item1af1e55009:g:DykAAOSwb0ZkCqxQ&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAABALwp4S6KkexxBRpgtmjDDmnolTbgo3hIT8iODt2aA9WSG9o5JAc8r5LfebvjNBDh9B5NRQtkJQwMcjfsZIap63VGarlehkmpcXU7e%2FskIOKRpmzQA8U%2FC7d27mqTyc6cFfGv5YFBPwN%2Be%2FOjjyK3XeGD0L65cZ8QlSDMONqf

OtokvijKhj17swHy1cn5JGBmM0qHGWWvQ8qhIw0BlquQ0%2FaR9q7U4DG8iUES1w7W5OeX0BqsivZ3XoPtJ44LpWKnb4rxx%2FXeUpFuGUchD0RoEbOwX9hcQsVnxeCwfq8Gwv90gYEvvxAIYkER4JYkSnZO6mUEgsNveM0y2Gota6YkZjM%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-yX69XwYQ

Charles Addams
eBay item description

The buyer offered $4,200. Seller countered with $5,400.
Buyer countered with $4,800. Seller countered with $5,000.
Accepted.

Three recent sales of original New Yorker cartoon art by Charles Addams from eBay

Charles Addams
Original art
The New Yorker, July 10, 1971, p. 21
Favorite Haunts (1976), p. 50

A spot drawing by Henry Martin and a cartoon by Charles Addams

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1971-07-10/flipbook/020/

Favorite Haunts (1976, W. H. Allen British edition 1977), pp. 50-51

Spot drawing
Henry Martin

Note:  Another great New Yorker cartoonist, Edward Koren (1935-2023), passed away on Friday morning. Posts on Attempted Bloggery about his work may be seen here.

Happily, Charles Addams was quite prolific. Images of his original cartoon art, souvenir drawings, and published rarities would very likely make for fine future blog posts. There is no need to send twenty-four photos. Just saying.

Readers who have purchased New Yorker-related art through the eBay Make Offer option are encouraged to inform this blogger of the full details of negotiation. The public wants to know!

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