Friday, February 28, 2014

Vermont Cartoonist Laureate: The Flowery Ed Koren

Ed Koren is now the State of Vermont's Cartoonist Laureate, an honor he has been awarded for the coming three years. That still leaves forty-nine states with no Cartoonist Laureate, an appalling oversight on their parts. It seems only right that the United States should also consider appointing a national Cartoonist Laureate. Given the spirit of camaraderie that reigns inside the Beltway, it should be easy to select a suitable candidate.

Back in 1992, Mr. Koren created an uplifting, color drawing on New Yorker stationery for political cartoonist Draper Hill (1935-2009), apparently as a get-well note. The drawing was sold by DuMouchelles of Detroit in the year of Hill's death, and now has been sold again by Royal Books of Baltimore.

Edward Koren, Drawing on New Yorker letterhead dated 15 May 1992.
Inscribed "For Draper [Hill]~Please accept these friends to speed
you back to your accustomed self./Ed Koren"

http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/edward-koren-amer.,-1935-,-mixed-media-on-paper,-2455-c-c7eaa81f5e
Edward Koren, Drawing on New Yorker letterhead dated 15 May 1992.
Inscribed "For Draper [Hill]~Please accept these friends to speed
you back to your accustomed self./Ed Koren"

http://www.royalbooks.com/pages/books/131811/ed-koren/original-drawing-by-ed-koren-inscribed-to-cartoonist-draper-hill



Note:  Read my other posts about Vermont Cartoonist Laureate Edward Koren here.

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