Stan Hunt: The View From the Porch Swing

In 2016, a rough drawing by cartoonist Stan Hunt changed hands on eBay.

"Darling, your eyes are like limpid pools! . . . What's the
matter[,] aren't you getting enough sleep?"
Stan Hunt

The drawing with Stan Hunt's signature, lower right, in pencil

Typewritten caption (missing a comma)

Verso

Hunt relocated from Manhattan to Rowayton, Connecticut. (Cartoonist Carl Rose also lived in this town.)

The eBay listing identifies Hunt as a newspaper cartoonist. But as a New Yorker cartoonist whose work appeared in the magazine from 1956 to 1990 (according to Ink Spill), Hunt should be recognized for attaining the highest level of magazine cartooning.

Stan Hunt
eBay listing ended June 5, 2016

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Stan Hunt
eBay item description

In 2016, the piece sold for a best offer of $15.

Note:  The current owner of the original art has posted it here.

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Carl Rose: Shake Well Before Using

In October we were treated to a single page of interesting book illustrations on various literary subjects by Carl Rose. At that time the identity of the book for which they were created was unknown. Now the owner of these illustrations has returned and provided us with no fewer than fourteen scans of the sheets each containing a grouping of illustrations. Happily, this more complete set allows us to identify the book they were created for as Shake Well Before Using, a collection of pieces classified as "Mostly Humorous" by Bennett Cerf published in 1948. The name of the book appears at the top of some of the chapter heading illustrations.

To recap the history from the previous blog post, these original illustrations were obtained at "an auction for the benefit of the Democratic Party in Norwalk, Connecticut in the late 1960’s. Mr. Rose, a resident of Rowayton, CT, and apparent party supporter, donated them for the auction." A few examples of printed illustrations from the book are here shown below the sheet on which the original drawings appear. The owner estimates that the pages shown here contain 79 of the approximately 108 illustrations which appear in the book.

Section 1: "The Front Page"
Bennett Cerf, Shake Well Before Using, 1948, pages viii-1

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Gargantua and Toto
Bennett Cerf, Shake Well Before Using, 1948, pages 46-47

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Section 11: "Radio"
Bennett Cerf, Shake Well Before Using, 1948, pages 250-251

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The book:

Shake Well Before Using (1948) by Bennett Cerf
Illustrated by Carl Rose

Shake Well Before Using (1948)
Title page

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Shake Well Before Using (1948)
Contents

Image added January 15, 2018

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Note:  As always, Attempted Bloggery seeks to publicize original art by Carl Rose. Original book illustrations, cartoons, and other works are welcome.

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Carl Rose Literary Illustrations

Some literary illustrations by Carl Rose feature Oscar Wilde tweaking Uncle Sam during his tour of the United States, a pair of temperamentally-mismatched Mark Twain bookends, and a portrait of O. Henry looking out affectionately on his city. The present owner writes that these were obtained by a family member at "an auction for the benefit of the Democratic Party in Norwalk, Connecticut in the late 1960’s. Mr. Rose, a resident of Rowayton, CT, and apparent party supporter, donated them for the auction." The owner further states "there are about 20 pages of multiple drawings, and a number of what appear to be suggested layout pages as well." These schematic pages seem to indicate where and in which chapter particular illustrations should appear. Here's one example of each.

Carl Rose
Literary book illustrations

Illustration placement guidelines

This photo showing Carl Rose and others in Rowayton is from Philip Nel's blog Nine Kinds of Pie. Mr. Nel's text and caption follow:

Also, I saw this great photo, taken at a 1958 Rowayton Public Library event celebrating National Library Week.

Back row, top left, is Fred Schwed Jr. (author of Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?). Third from left is John Sharnick (journalist, TV producer). Third from right is Crockett Johnson, and far right is Jim Flora (creator of children’s books and album covers). Front row, left to right: Phyllis Rowand (artist, illustrated some of Ruth Krauss’s books), Carl Rose (cartoonist for New Yorker & others), Ruth Krauss. I’m not sure who the other people are, but one is probably Leonard Gross, whose God and Freud had just been published and was at the event. If you have any guesses as to who the others might be, please let me know.

Photo courtesy of the Rowayton Historical Society

http://www.philnel.com/2014/09/30/veryspecialhouse/

Note:  It should go without saying—but I'll say it anyway—that anyone recognizing these as published illustrations should get in touch. It should also go without saying that possessors of original Carl Rose art and correspondence should send in examples for potential inclusion on the blog.

December 23, 2017 Update:  I now believe these are illustrations for Bennett Cerf's Shake Well Before Using (1948).

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