A set of cocktail napkins designed by
Peter Arno was offered on eBay in 2013. There are seven napkins here; presumably one has been lost. It seems a horse has been lost as well, but perhaps not irrecoverably. Both the drawing and the caption seem a bit simple, but the overall style is recognizably Arno's. Similar cocktail napkins were issued in other designs and colors, generally celebrating the aftereffects of alcohol.
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"I've lost a horse! Have you seen a horse?" Peter Arno cocktail napkin |
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"I've lost a horse! Have you seen a horse?" Peter Arno cocktail napkins |
A few others from the series were sold by an
Etsy store.
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Peter Arno assorted cocktail napkins
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"Gad! Stop that screaming" Peter Arno cocktail napkin
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"An' now a dash o' bitters." Peter Arno cocktail napkin
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"I've lost a horse! Have you seen a horse?" Peter Arno cocktail napkin
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April 11, 2023 Update: For sale at Macy's in 1936 and advertised in The New Yorker:
May 12, 2024 Update: More Macy's cocktail napkins in four of the five black on sea green designs were sold on
eBay: |
"Just one, Miss Fitch!" "I know when I've had enough." "I've lost a horse! Have you seen a horse?" "An' now a dash o' bitters." |
Arno was the first cartoonist to depict the inebriated with X's for eyes:
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Peter Arno's printed signature |
A set of four from the same seller, not yet sold, remains on eBay. This set is missing
"An' now a dash o' bitters" but it includes
"Gad! Stop that screaming!" Thus two of the napkins from the presumptive original box of ten have been lost in the years since 1936.
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"I know when I've had enough." "Gad! Stop that screaming!" "Just one, Miss Fitch!" "I've lost a horse! Have you seen a horse?" |
Note: An entirely different set of
Peter Arno cocktail napkin designs, based on
New Yorker cartoons, may be seen on
Ink Spill.
Even if you haven't seen a horse, maybe you've seen these posts about
Peter Arno.
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