Originally a speakeasy, New York's exclusive Stork Club offered drinking, dining, and celebrity-watching for its wealthy clientele. A cartoon by illustrator James Schucker shows one potential patron being denied entry.
The eBay seller of the original art writes, "I believe this drawing was a design for a cover on the New Yorker MAgazine [sic]. It is signed Schucker for the artist James Schucker who worked at the New Yorker." That seems implausible. Schucker created covers and illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post and other publications, but I can find no evidence that he did any work for The New Yorker, either covers or cartoons. This drawing doesn't make sense as a cover proposal for The New Yorker as it seems to be a press-ready black and white cartoon. Additionally, there is too much lettering and facial detail across the top where the magazine's logo would have to go. At best, this is a cartoon from some other publication.
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James Schucker
eBay listing ended April 26, 2021
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Note: Where then might this drawing have been published, if not in The New Yorker? Did James Schucker ever do any illustration work for that magazine? I am eager to add relevant findings to this blog post.
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