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| "Happily ever after, my ass." "Don't you despise fairy tale endings?" "You haven't worked a day since 'Fantasia.'" |
May 18, 2024 Update: The Winner
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| "He's no Emmett Kelly." |
May 12, 2024 Update: The Finalists
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The cartoons of Sidney Harris often take their subject matter from the sciences. His original New Yorker art sold on April 23 at Heritage Auctions dips its toes in the theory of evolution. It was published in 1990.
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| A Significant Moment in the History of Terrestrial Whales Sidney Harris Original art The New Yorker, October 8, 1990, p. 45 |
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| A Significant Moment in the History of Terrestrial Whales Sidney Harris Original art The New Yorker, October 8, 1990, p. 45 |
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| Sidney Harris Heritage Auctions Illustration Art sale of April 23, 2024 |
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| Sidney Harris Heritage Auctions Illustration Art item description |
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| A Significant Moment in the History of Terrestrial Whales Sidney Harris The New Yorker, October 8, 1990, p. 45 |
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| A Significant Moment in the History of Terrestrial Whales Sidney Harris Original art The New Yorker, October 8, 1990, p. 45 |
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| With cartoons by Arnie Levin and Sidney Harris |
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| Sidney Harris The New Yorker, October 8, 1990, p. 44 |
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In its April 23 Mainstream Illustration sale, Heritage Auctions sold an original Playboy magazine cartoon that first appeared in the December 1967 issue. The artist is Sidney Harris and the primates are making some important advances.
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| "The guy without the tail? Calls himself Adam." Sidney Harris Original art Playboy, December 1967, p. 275 |
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| "The guy without the tail? Calls himself Adam." Sidney Harris Original art Playboy, December 1967, p. 275 |
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| Sidney Harris Heritage Auctions sale of April 23, 2024 |
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| Sidney Harris Heritage Auctions item description |
Note: Readers are kindly asked to check under their beds for a stray copy of the December 1967 issue of Playboy. I would like to be able to post a scan of this cartoon by Sidney Harris as it appeared on page 275. I tried using the Internet Archive, but I'm just not evolved enough.
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Postwar real estate development provided the inspiration for a number of New Yorker covers including the one that graced the issue of May 26, 1960. The artist was Charles E. Martin, who signed his work CEM. His original artwork was sold on Tuesday at Heritage Auctions. The auction house's listing calls the piece New Neighbors, which is an excellent title for it.
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| Charles E. Martin Original art The New Yorker, May 26, 1962 |
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| Charles E. Martin Framed original art The New Yorker, May 26, 1962 |
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| Charles E. Martin Heritage Auctions listing of April 23, 2024 |
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| Charles E. Martin Heritage Auctions item description |
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| Charles E. Martin The New Yorker, May 26, 1962 |
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| Charles E. Martin Original art The New Yorker, May 26, 1962 |
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An example of original cover art by Abe Birnbaum for The New Yorker was sold on Tuesday at Heritage Auctions. The 1960 magazine cover illustration depicts workers and cranes at a city construction site. The cranes extend upward and out of the image, which naturally serves to emphasize their height. The art is notable for Birnbaum's use of bold lines and flat, mostly primary, colors.
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| Abe Birnbaum Original art The New Yorker, August 13, 1960 |
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| Abe Birnbaum Framed original art The New Yorker, August 13, 1960 |
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| Abe Birnbaum Heritage Auctions sale of April 23, 2024 |
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| Abe Birnbaum Heritage Auctions item description |
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| Abe Birnbaum The New Yorker, August 13, 1960 |
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| Abe Birnbaum Original art The New Yorker, August 13, 1960 |
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Among those New Yorker artists whose work is prized by collectors, few generate the consistent excitement that Charles Addams does. His 1949 cartoon of a skier unexpectedly coming upon a mound in the snow demonstrates Addams's mastery of technique. His linework and his brushwork are superb. You can almost feel the spray of the snow and the stitching on the sweater. It's an extraordinary piece. And it's funny too, highlighting Addams's delightfully macabre sense of humor.
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| Charles Addams Original art The New Yorker, January 15, 1949, p. 32 |
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| Charles Addams Framed original art The New Yorker, January 15, 1949, p. 32 |
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| An undated invoice from Graphics International, Ltd. |
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| Charles Addams Heritage Auctions sale of April 23, 2024 |
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| Charles Addams Heritage Auctions item description |
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| Charles Addams The New Yorker, January 15, 1949, p. 32 |
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| Charles Addams Original art The New Yorker, January 15, 1949, p. 32 |
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| A cartoon by Charles Addams and a Profiles illustration by Lorenz [?] https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1949-01-15/flipbook/032/ |
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Frank Emerson Denison Lorenz [?] The New Yorker, January 15, 1949, p. 33 |
Note: It occurs to me that some of you youngsters may not know what I mean when I write of Charles Addams's "more famous ski cartoon." Well, it's a classic from The New Yorker's issue of January 13, 1940 and you can find it in the archives here.
Is the profile illustration signed Lorenz? Lucaz? Waz? Who is this artist?
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Construction was always a part of New York City life. A century ago, in the Roaring Twenties, this was especially true. Jack Markow's 1928 cartoon celebrates the city's ongoing reinvention of itself. Was it possible, in that permissive era, for a wiseacre and a police officer to engage in conversation right in the middle of a construction site? It seems doubtful. Whatever the case, the interaction of the two figures is wonderfully staged by the artist. The charcoal drawing was reproduced on page 29 of The Art in Cartooning (1975). The word but handwritten on the matte does not appear in the published caption.
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| "Pardon me, officer, [but] can you tell me where they moved Hudson Street?" Jack Markow Original art The New Yorker, March 17, 1928, p. 30 |
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| "Pardon me, officer, [but] can you tell me where they moved Hudson Street?" Jack Markow Original art The New Yorker, March 17, 1928, p. 30 |
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| Jack Markow Auctions at Showplace: New York City Estate Auction held March 3, 2024 |
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| "Pardon me, officer, can you tell me where they moved Hudson Street?" Jack Markow The New Yorker, March 17, 1928, p. 30 |
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| "Pardon me, officer, [but] can you tell me where they moved Hudson Street?" Jack Markow Original art The New Yorker, March 17, 1928, p. 30 |
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| A cartoon by Jack Markow and an illustration by V. E. |
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Illustration by V. E. The New Yorker, March 17, 1928, p. 31 |
Note: Who then is V.E? Anybody?
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