Wednesday, April 1, 2026

R. Crumb: A Sketchbook Page from April 1, 1962

A sketchbook page of yellow lined paper was drawn upon by R. Crumb on April 1, 1962 and sold at Heritage Auctions on November 21, 2003. The unrelated sketches on the right side of the page, as it originally was bound, are undated.




The other side of the page bears the date and a self-portrait of Crumb drawing an interior on the sketchbook page we are looking at. Heritage gave it the title April Fool and called it an "infinity" piece, but I think that's a stretch on both counts. Or is the joke on me?


R. Crumb
Heritage Auctions listing of November 21, 2003

R. Crumb
Heritage Auctions item description





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