Argentine cartoonist Guillermo Mordillo passed away in Spain on June 29, 2019 at age 86. Born in Buenos Aires, he moved to Paris in 1963. His cartoons were often vividly colored but they rarely if ever had words and could be enjoyed by people the world over.
Two prints of a presumedly rare press photo of the cartoonist by photographer Tom Blau are currently listed both on Amazon and on eBay. The example on Amazon has a handwritten date of 1980 while the eBay photograph is stamped March 6, 1980. I'm going to go out on a limb here and tentatively date the photo c. 1980.
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| Tom Blau Camera Press, London Guillermo Mordillo, c. 1980 |
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| Mordillo Amazon Item Description Retrieved July 12, 2019 |
The eBay photograph, on the other hand, has a less expensive initial offering price, has a 15% discount on top of that, and has free shipping included. As if that weren't enough, it has the Make Offer option available too. How Amazon is eating everyone's lunch is a mystery to me.
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| Tom Blau Camera Press, London Guillermo Mordillo, c. 1980 |
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| Mordillo eBay Listing Retrieved July 12, 2019
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ARGENTINIAN-CARTOONIST-GUILLERMO-MORDILLO-PHOTO-1970s-8345/140830622229?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Df39f3631a6e64012a06cd4a4691962cc%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D392325486082%26itm%3D140830622229%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
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| Mordillo eBay Item Description Retrieved July 12, 2019
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ARGENTINIAN-CARTOONIST-GUILLERMO-MORDILLO-PHOTO-1970s-8345/140830622229?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Df39f3631a6e64012a06cd4a4691962cc%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D392325486082%26itm%3D140830622229%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
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