A curious six-panel original drawing by New Yorker cartoonist George Booth looks very much like a cartoon published in the issue of June 30, 1975. Indeed, a notation on the verso in the artist's hand cites this issue as if the work were actually published there, although it gets the page numbers wrong (if only by one). But there are no publisher's markings on the art and it deviates slightly but significantly from the published cartoon. This is clearly a finished drawing, not a rough. It is executed in felt tip pen, now a bit faded, over pencil. Apparently, then, it must be a redraw created by Booth for someone who wished to have the original art but for one reason or another was not able to obtain it.
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| George Booth eBay listing ended June 30, 2023 |
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| George Booth eBay item description |
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| George Booth The New Yorker, June 30, 1975, pp. 40-41 |
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| George Booth Redraw The New Yorker, June 30, 1975, pp. 40-41 |
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| A six-panel cartoon by George Booth |
Note: My thanks go to Steve Stoliar for first bringing this auction to my attention. Steve is the author of Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House, which I highly recommend.
Before you get to the reading assignments, I could use some new content for the old blog. Redraws and other variations on original New Yorker cartoon art by George Booth and others are sought after here as the potential subject matter of future posts.
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