Thursday, November 17, 2022

Peter Arno: The Art of Polling

Polling is a tricky business. Only a small fraction of the public—about 10%—even respond to polls. Then not everyone tells the truth when surveyed. If only we had more intuitive pollsters such as, say, the one drawn by Peter Arno (1904-1968) in a 1964 New Yorker cartoon! The original art was sold at auction yesterday:

"No opinion? You?"
Peter Arno
Original art
The New Yorker, September 12, 1964, p. 44


Detail of respondent


Peter Arno's signature


The handwritten caption



Peter Arno
Millea Bros., Ltd., listing accessed November 13, 2022
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/Peter-Arno,-original-cartoon-drawing-1040-c-857400689D?utm_source=alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=keywordalerts&utm_content=solr_2



Sold!



The published cartoon:


"No opinion? You?"
Peter Arno
Original art
The New Yorker, September 12, 1964, p. 44

Cartoon by Peter Arno and a spot drawing of a bicyclist by Chon Day





Note:  Nationwide opinion polls suggest Attempted Bloggery is the number one place to share images of original art by Peter Arno. Or is it just my opinion?


Spot drawing
Chon Day






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