Ed Fisher: Passing Fancy

In a 1959 cartoon for The New Yorker,

Ed Fisher (1926-2013) managed to find humor in a funeral procession. The original art was given by the artist to one Ed Rosenthal. Decades later it may have been sold through the New Yorker Store. This past March it was sold on eBay.

It's a good cartoon, better than the $129.99 Buy It Now price might lead one to believe. The artwork has some significant condition issues and is in serious need of reframing. Still, it would be hard to argue that the buyer didn't get a good deal.

"See if you can pass that car. He would have wanted it that way."
Ed Fisher
Original art
The New Yorker, April 4, 1959

Detail

"To Ed Rosenthal
—Ed Fisher"

The fix is in.

Ed Fisher's signature

Detail of hearse

Detail of funeral procession

Caption

Some water damage and wrinkles to the paper

Ed Fisher
eBay listing ended March 19, 2021

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254814222174?hash=item3b541c775e%3Ag%3AHgYAAOSwrYBf4NU%7E&nma=true&si=WEtIFz5%252FkfY9UxP8WWeB%252FCaqeVQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Ed Fisher
eBay item description

[End of eBay listing]

Spot drawing by Tom Funk and cartoon by Ed Fisher

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1959-04-04/flipbook/032/

Note:  Nine men named Ed Fisher have Wikipedia pages, but the New Yorker cartoonist isn't one of them. Why not?

Tom Funk
Spot drawing

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