Barbara Shermund: Going Along With a Gag

Lot 271 was the second lot of Barbara Shermund original cartoon art to be offered on February 22 at Willow Auction House. Like the previous lot, it is a panel from Shermund's Sallies in Pictorial Review and it comes from the Angela Gross Folk collection. Shermund's 1951 composition gives us a glimpse of the new postwar suburban prosperity. The home is elegantly furnished, the garden is well landscaped, and the couple is fashionably dressed. But there's still a place for some good, old-fashioned sarcasm.

"Mother says she can go along with a gag, and she sends in her best too."
Barbara Shermund
Original cartoon art
Shermund's Sallies
Pictorial Review, July 25, 1951

"Mother says she can go along with a gag, and she sends in her best too."
Barbara Shermund
Original cartoon art
Shermund's Sallies
Pictorial Review, July 25, 1951

Detail of man with newspaper

Detail of woman with telephone

Barbara Shermund's signature

Handwrittern caption:  "Mother says she can go along with a gag, and she sends in her best too."

Verso

Shermund['s] Sallies
Rel[ease] July 25[, 1951]

P[ictorial] R[eview]
7/25/1951

Barbara Shermund
Willow Auction House listing ended February 22, 2024

https://willowauctionhouse.hibid.com/lot/185191943/barbara-shermund-pictorial-review-sallies-cartoon?ref=catalog

Barbara Shermund
Willow Auction House item description

04592