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's signature |
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| Caption on matte with a superfluous but |
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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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