You can stick a fork in my entry to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #735 for November 30, 2020. The drawing is by Johnny DiNapoli.
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| "These days I'm consumed with guilt." |
December 13, 2020 Update: The Finalists
December 14, 2020 Update: This week I neglected my Constitutional right to vote. I like the caption from Somerville best.
December 28, 2020 Update: The Winner
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| Garrett Price's signature |
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| Garrett Price eBay listing ended August 14, 2020 |
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| Garrett Price eBay item description |
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| Garrett Price eBay bid history The last bid gets it. [End of eBay listing] |
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| Theodore G. Haupt The New Yorker, November 10, 1928 |
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Constantin Alajálov The New Yorker, November 11, 1939 |
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| Edna Eicke The New Yorker, June 18, 1949 |
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| Ilonka Karasz The New Yorker, May 11, 1957 |
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| Arthur Getz The New Yorker, November 9, 1957 |
Garrett Price came into his own this week, at least in terms of the art market. An original cover illustration for The New Yorker from the summer of 1951 sold for a healthy $6120 at Bonhams New York. Whether that is or isn't a record price for the artist I don't know, but it is impressive.
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| Garrett Price Original art The New Yorker, August 11, 1951 |
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| Garrett Price The New Yorker, August 11, 1951 |
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| The hammer price |
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| The sale price, including buyer's premium |
Note: Well, now that I've gone and made a claim I can't verify, I suppose I should ask publicly whether this is indeed an auction record for Garrett Price. Anybody want to field that?
Images of original art by Garrett Price are welcome here on the blog. Even abstract works of his will be graciously accepted, despite the mumblings of the masses.
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An undated cartoon rough by Garrett Price was sold on eBay in August. The seller, Illustration House, dates it circa 1945 and specifically calls it a "New Yorker cartoon sketch," which seems reasonable enough. I don't believe it was ever published there, but it may have been worked into a finish and published in some other publication.
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| "Where are you? Get where Mummy can see you." Garrett Price |
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| Garrett Price eBay item description |
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| Garrett Price eBay bid history Just one bid a day early |
Note: Was this rough eventually worked into a finish and published? Please drop a line if you know.
Original art by Garrett Price is always of interest here at Attempted Bloggery. Images are welcome.
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| Charles E. Martin The New Yorker, November 26, 1966 https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1966-11-26/flipbook/CV1/ |
I want to use today to thank those generous individuals who have contributed to this blog over the past year. It's been a difficult year for all of us, but this blogging pursuit has been blessed with more support than ever in 2020. Frankly, the number and quality of the submissions has quite often taken my breath away. Friends, I thank each and every one of you:
Tom Bloom
Dick Buchanan
Scott Burns
John Colquhoun
David from Manhattan
Frank Ferrante
A Friend of the Blog
Sarah Getz
Claude Haber
Joel Jacobus
Stephen Kroninger
Joe Petro III
Steve Stoliar
Jerome Wrinkle
Labels linking to posts made possible by each of these contributors may be found below, with the exception of A Friend of the Blog, who causes me to exceed my 200-character limit on labels. A link instead is provided here.
My thanks also to those family members and friends who have helped me out in a great variety of ways, usually anonymously. You know who you are. I also wish to thank my family for putting up with this whole outlandish pursuit of mine.
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Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #102! My captions are below. The drawing is by Evan Lian.
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| "Up, up, and toupee!" "I stole it from Lex Luthor." "Dammit, it's Kryptonite." "Either I wear this or go back to my Fortress of Solitude." "I fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Wig." "Is this mild-mannered enough?" |
December 2, 2020 Update: The Winner
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| "We've got to stop this drinking, Mr. Ostack, or I won't know what I'm doing[.]" Gilbert Bundy Esquire, October 1953, page 56 |
You'll have to hold still for my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #734 dated November 23, 2020. The drawing is by Ellis Rosen.
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| "It's time for you to come clean." |
November 30, 2020 Update: The Finalists
December 13, 2020 Update: I went with the caption from Oostburg.
December 14, 2020 Update: The Winner
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"The Cat and the Riddle" was performed by the Scarlet Mask Club of Ohio State University on February 4-6, 1924. Billed as "a two act musical mystery" by James G. Thurber '19, the score is credited to eighteen songwriting collaborators, and Thurber was the lyricist in at least one of the numbers. Today it seems an extravagance to publish the sheet music for a three-night production, but it gives us what must be the best record we have of the performance today. Thurber's dialogue has evidently been lost. The musical program, currently listed on eBay, is not surprisingly quite scarce.
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| James Thurber "The Cat and the Riddle" Musical Program eBay listing accessed November 21, 2020 |
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| James Thurber "The Cat and the Riddle" Musical Program eBay item description |
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| James Thurber "The Cat and the Riddle" Musical Program Everything but the House listing ended September 18, 2020 |
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| "Javaland" Words by James G. Thurber '19 Music by Robert B. Jennings '26 |
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| Bowden, Edwin T. James Thurber: A Bibliography. Ohio State University Press, 1968, p. 210 |
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| Bowden, Edwin T. James Thurber: A Bibliography. Ohio State University Press, 1968, p. 212 |
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| Bowden, Edwin T. James Thurber: A Bibliography. Ohio State University Press, 1968, p. 228 |
Note: Thanks to Scott Burns of Armadillo & Dicker Books for bringing the eBay listing to my attention.
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