Sunday, January 13, 2019

Blog Post No. 2800: George Price's House Rules

Welcome to the clubhouse! Original New Yorker art from 1935 by George Price was sold on eBay two years ago and they're still going over the club rules. Let's have a look:

"But there must be some sort of house rule."
George Price
Original art

The New Yorker, October 5, 1935, page 20

"But there must be some sort of house rule."
George Price
Original art
The New Yorker, October 5, 1935, page 20

Detail

George Price's signature

Large detail

The typed caption in the matte window lacks the requisite emphasis on the word some and carries an incorrect exclamation point.

Large detail

The slightly-incorrect typewritten caption again

The framed and matted art

Detail of clubmen

Detail of the rule book

The framed and matted art

George Price
eBay Listing Ended December 31, 2016

George Price
eBay Item Description

George Price
eBay Bid History
Two bidders duke it out, raising the price by just a single $2.50 bid increment.



"But there must be some sort of house rule."
George Price
The New Yorker, October 5, 1935, page 20

"But there must be some sort of house rule."
George Price
Original art
The New Yorker, October 5, 1935, page 20

"But there must be some sort of house rule."
George Price
The New Yorker,
October 5, 1935, page 20


Cartoons by Richard Decker and George Price

The eBay seller mistakenly thought this early piece dated from the 1950s or 1960s. Actually, this 1935 drawing was exhibited at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1940 as documented in Life magazine. The show featured more than 700 works of cartoon art by 39 artists and at the time was the largest museum show of its type. 
"Flowering of American Cartoon Art is Hailed at Rhode Island Museum"
George Price
Life magazine, April 22, 1940, page 74




























Note:
  Does anyone keep track of the largest cartoon exhibitions? This 1940 RISD exhibition might still rank as one of the bigger showings of original cartoon art, but I couldn't really say. Still, I'd like to know more about it, other than what's already in Life. Anyone with access to a catalogue, exhibition list, or photographs of the show please get in touch.



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