Warren Miller: Couples Therapy

The auction house Millea Bros., Ltd., is correct: the original cartoon art by Warren Miller of his-and-hers psychotherapists sharing a love seat was indeed published in The New Yorker—how could the editors have passed it up? Here are the auction details from yesterday's sale with The New Yorker information amended.

Warren Miller
Original art
The New Yorker, August 15, 1988, p. 34

Warren Miller
Original art
The New Yorker, August 15, 1988, p. 34

Detail

Warren Miller's signature and dedication to Dr. Eleanor Townsend

Crack

The presale estimate was a very reasonable $100 to $150.

Warren Miller
Millea Bros., Ltd., auction listing accessed February 5, 2023

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/Warren-Miller,-original-New-Yorker-cartoon-3141-c-F4D4B9FA07?utm_source=alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=keywordalerts&utm_content=173903

The hammer price was $350.

Here's how the drawing looked when it first appeared in The New Yorker:

Warren Miller
Original art
The New Yorker, August 15, 1988, p. 34

Cartoons by Warren Miller and Jack Ziegler

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1988-08-15/flipbook/034/

Jack Ziegler

Note:  Psychiatrist Dr. Eleanor Townsend's 2015 obituary from the Times may be seen here. She is almost certainly original recipient of this drawing.

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