Original New Yorker cartoon art from 1942 by George Price (1901-1995) depicts an elderly but determined woman bracing herself for the traffic light to change. The brown paper has some significant condition issues, notably foxing, but the original art found a buyer on its first eBay listing. Let's have a look.
First off, correction fluid has been used heavily, evidently to reduce the proportions of the woman's right leg and to rework her contours.
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The blue wash used to indicate shading with Ben Day dots has faded markedly over time.
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At one point, Price may have intended the man stepping into the street to be speaking. The gag was published with no caption.
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The foxing is fairly heavy in places.
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Price renders cars in perspective quite well.
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The heavy shading on the policeman directing traffic allows him also to direct the viewer's eye back to the squatting woman.
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The reader's eye travels naturally to the figure with an unusual stance, with an intensely expressive face, and with heavy shading. Her leg, at a diagonal, provides a very deliberate contrast to all the prominent vertical lines in the drawing and is meant to stand out.
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Framed original art
The New Yorker, October 3, 1942, page 14 |
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George Price
eBay Listing Ended March 6, 2019
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eBay Bid History
One early bid |
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The New Yorker, October 3, 1942, page 14 |
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George Price
Framed original art
The New Yorker, October 3, 1942, page 14 |
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Drawings by George Price and Richard Taylor
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