Showing posts with label Give Up?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Give Up?. Show all posts

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Richard and Dorothy Rodgers's Copy of Give Up? by Whitney Darrow, Jr.

A Friend of the Blog writes with photos of Richard and Dorothy Rodgers's personalized copy of the cartoon collection Give Up? Published in 1966, this copy of the book was inscribed by cartoonist Whitney Darrow, Jr., to the composer and his wife in the year of publication. A delightful watercolor sketch on the theme of the title cartoon is included.
Darrow, Whitney Jr. Give Up?:  A New Cartoon Collection. Simon and Schuster, 1966.
Front cover
Photo by A Friend of the Blog

Darrow, Whitney Jr. Give Up?:  A New Cartoon Collection. Simon and Schuster, 1966.
Inscribed "For Dorothy and Dick with love
from Whitney
9/18/66"
Photo by A Friend of the Blog



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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Blog Post No. 3300: "Give Up?" by Whitney Darrow, Jr.

"Give Up?" is surely one of the signature New Yorker cartoons of Whitney Darrow, Jr. The gag with its perfect two-word caption was published in 1961 and served further as the title of Darrow's 1966 cartoon collection. The impressive 1961 original art, framed and matted, was offered on eBay in March with a Buy It Now price of $1,500 which it readily achieved.
"Give Up?"
Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Original art
The New Yorker, November 18, 1961, page 59

"Give Up?"
Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Original art
The New Yorker, November 18, 1961, page 59

"Give Up?"
Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Original art
The New Yorker, November 18, 1961, page 59

Detail

Detail with signature and caption on matte




Signature of Whitney Darrow, Jr.



Whitney Darrow, Jr.
eBay Listing Ended March 14, 2020

Whitney Darrow, Jr.
eBay Item Description
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"Give Up?"
Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Original art
The New Yorker, November 18, 1961, page 59

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1961-11-18/flipbook/058/

As the eBay seller duly notes, "Give Up?" became the title cartoon for Darrow's 1966 collection. The more linear original book cover art sold at Swann Galleries in 2017 with a hammer price of $1,800, or $2250 with the buyer's premium. It too is a beauty:
Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Framed original book cover art for Give Up? (1966)

Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Framed original book cover art for Give Up? (1966)


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Red and green were added to the cover design in the printing process. Presumably the harlequin pattern was Darrow's and not an art director's.
Give Up? (1966)
Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Front cover


Give Up? (1966)
Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Back cover self-portrait




June 26, 2020 Update:  The successful eBay bidder has posted his new prize on his website here. And on Facebook yesterday here.


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Monday, July 20, 2015

Whitney Darrow, Jr.: Seeds of Future Delight

Few if any cartoonists were more skilled than Whitney Darrow, Jr. at creating original souvenir drawings in books. He could add color and even verse seemingly with little effort. Here are four such personalized books from the library of Pat Read, Darrow's editor at Random House. The set is currently available on AbeBooks and it can be yours for $4,800, give or take a few nickels.

Set of four cartoon collections by Whitney Darrow, Jr.

Whitney Darrow, Jr.
"You're Sitting on my Eyelashes" (1943) inscribed with two limericks and an original drawing of an African mother and three children with a sign reading "From Whitney, September 26 - '43."
The first stanza:
"I'm giving this book to the Reads
With hopes that the pictures are seeds
Of future delight
Far into the night--
(Which is all that anyone needs)."
Ex-collection Pat Read

Whitney Darrow, Jr.
"Please Pass the Hostess" (1949) with a drawing inscribed "For Pat, Clif and Sheila with Love from Whitney 9/21/49"
Ex-collection Pat Read

Whitney Darrow, Jr.
"Stop, Miss!" (1957) with a watercolor drawing inscribed "Merry Christmas to Pat from Whitney"
Ex-collection Pat Read



Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Give Up? (1966) with a drawing of a woman with a hatpin inscribed "To Pat with Love from Whitney 11/8/66"
Ex-collection Pat Read

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Do you know what Martha Stewart should say about any signed book with an original drawing? She should say it's a good thing.

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