The final two pages of Peter Arno's "Side-Show" currently in my possession come from the January 1937 issue of College Humor. What do you suppose all those clever undergraduates found amusing during the Great Depression?
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| "By gad! I wish I were you father for about five minutes." Peter Arno College Humor, January 1937, p. 18 |
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| "Anything she does now will be an anti-climax." "See here, Prentice—it's all right to look, but you needn't cheer them on!" Peter Arno College Humor, January 1937, p. 19 |
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| "Side-Show" Peter Arno College Humor, January 1937, pp. 18-19 |
Barbara Nicholls handled the original art for the full page cartoon. A photo of it appeared on a 1985 contact sheet from her New York gallery provided to the seller.
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| "By gad! I wish I were your father for about five minutes." January 1937 |
Eventually she sold the piece not in her gallery but at a Guernsey's illustration art auction:
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| "By gad! I wish I were your father for about five minutes." January 1937 Guernsey's March 1986 illustration art auction catalogue, Lot A726 |
Nicholls also handled the original art for the biology lab cartoon:
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| "See here, Prentice—it's all right to look, but you needn't cheer them on!" January 1937 |
The original art was later sold at auction, but I don't have any idea where or when:
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| "See here, Prentice—it's all right to look, but you needn't cheer them on!" Peter Arno Original art at auction College Humor, January 1937 |
Note: So where is the original art for "Anything she does now will be an anti-climax?" Perhaps Peter Arno sold that one himself. Some say a decent blog can never have enough original Arno art. Share yours here and I'll be sure to cheer you on.
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