An original Robert Day cartoon that appeared in The New Yorker in October of 1961 was sold at Heritage Auctions on May 2. Heritage's caption is not as tightly worded as the published one; possibly the auction house copied it from somewhere on the artwork in Day's hand. Or it could be just sloppy transcription as the auction house got the date of the issue wrong too. Day's drawing takes us to a Manhattan construction site where things just aren't going well.
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| "Look, Harry, you bumped into the subway again!" Published as "Watch it, Harry! You've hit the subway again!" Robert Day Original art The New Yorker, October 14, 1961, p. 48 |
Now, in order to ascertain Day's original caption, I'd prefer to see here not the matte, but whatever may be concealed underneath:
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| "Look, Harry, you bumped into the subway again!" Published as "Watch it, Harry! You've hit the subway again!" Robert Day Matted original art The New Yorker, October 14, 1961, p. 48 |
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| Robert Day Heritage Auctions sale of May 2, 2025 |
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| Robert Day Heritage Auctions item description |
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| [End of Heritage Auctions listing] |
Here's how this cartoon first appeared in print:
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| "Watch it, Harry! You've hit the subway again!" Robert Day The New Yorker, October 14, 1961, p. 48 |
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| "Watch it, Harry! You've hit the subway again!" Robert Day Original art The New Yorker, October 14, 1961, p. 48 |
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| With a cartoon by Robert Day |
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