Thursday, March 10, 2022

Blog Post No. 3900: Peter Arno's Cad Confrontation

Two suitors confront each other at a showgirl's dressing room door. Happens every day. The original artwork by cartoonist Peter Arno was sold on eBay in 2020. The eBay seller could not provide the caption or the publication history, but we can fix that here. 

First, the auction:







Peter Arno's signature



Detail of the showgirl




A clue! The verso has an A number which identifies this as a New Yorker drawing.




Peter Arno
eBay Listing Ended June 24, 2020


Peter Arno
eBay Item Description




And now, the big reveal:

"You cad! You're not fit to touch the hem of her skirt."
Peter Arno
Original art
The New Yorker, March 20, 1943, page 17
Peter Arno's Man in the Shower (1944)

Cartoons by James Thurber and Peter Arno
Story by E. B. White

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1943-03-20/flipbook/016/


As dutifully noted above, the cartoon also made an appearance in Peter Arno's Man in the Shower (1944):






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