"I told you we should have given them something for Christmas." Peter Arno Original art The New Yorker, January 1, 1938, p. 16 |
True, we don't usually see manually-operated elevators these days, but they were once commonplace in New York apartment buildings. Arno extracts an awful lot of physical humor from the situation. Contrast the couple's awkwardness with the upright posture of the elevator operator.
"I told you we should have given them something for Christmas." Peter Arno Original art The New Yorker, January 1, 1938, p. 16 |
Each of Arno's faces adds to the comedy.
The typed caption is affixed to the art, a no-no. The word told isn't even underlined. |
Peter Arno's signature |
Evidently the frame is not perfect. |
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"I told you we should have given them something for Christmas." Peter Arno The New Yorker, January 1, 1938, p. 16 |
"I told you we should have given them something for Christmas." Peter Arno Original art The New Yorker, January 1, 1938, p. 16 |
With a cartoon by Peter Arno and a spot drawing by Susanne Suba |
Peter Arno's Cartoon Revue (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941)
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Spot of a woman unbuttoning by a mirror Susanne Suba The New Yorker, January 1, 1938, p. 17 |
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