Robert Day's original New Yorker cartoon of April 2, 1932 depicts a crew fighting a fire and staging a rescue in a high-rise apartment building. The scene is handled with considerable skill, visually setting off the busy fire crew on the ground from the pair of figures all the way up at the top of the ladder. Large billows of dark smoke provide a dramatic contrast to the sprays of water. In print, the cartoon cuts a bold diagonal across the page accentuated by having the magazine's type set in two stepped columns. The original drawing was inscribed by Day to comics artist Morris Weiss (1915-2014). When it was sold framed and matted for just $131.45 by Heritage Auctions in 2015, no mention was made of its New Yorker history. It seems Weiss's heirs didn't know what they had—and neither did Heritage.
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| "Malcolm! She wants you!" Robert Day Original art Inscribed "To Morris Weiss with best wishes Robt. Day" The New Yorker, April 2, 1932, page 11 |
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| "Malcolm! She wants you!" Robert Day Framed original art Inscribed "To Morris Weiss with best wishes Robt. Day" The New Yorker, April 2, 1932, page 11 |
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| Robert Day Heritage Auctions June 14, 2015 |
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| "Malcolm! She wants you!" Robert Day The New Yorker, April 2, 1932, page 11 |
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| "Malcolm! She wants you!" Robert Day Original art Inscribed "To Morris Weiss with best wishes Robt. Day" The New Yorker, April 2, 1932, page 11 |
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| https://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1932-04-02#folio=010 |
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