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Sunday, April 11, 2021

Arthur Rackham's Bird Drawing

A pen and ink drawing of a bird made for his nephew in 1931 by Arthur Rackham is offered by Meier and Sons Rare Books of New Canaan, Connecticut. The flowing drawing has decidedly calligraphic qualities.

Arthur Rackham
AbeBooks Listing accessed April 18, 2020

https://www.abebooks.com/FRAMED-STUNNING-ARTHUR-RACKHAM-SIGNED-ORIGINAL/30613647878/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&cm_ite=viewbook

In the year since I archived this listing, the price has been reduced by $100.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Al Ross: A Well-Meaning Shpritz

The U.S. Army's Post Exchange or PX is the setting for this original cartoon by Al Ross which appears to be of World War II vintage. The seltzer gag is lost on me, but who can resist a good well-meaning shpritz?

Al Ross, "Funny part of it is, she means well!"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dessin-original-Ink-Drawing-by-Al-Ross-New-Yorker-Cartoonist-/251374692228?nma=true&si=UB68sj2DvLx%252F9kdb54zXrlCgzYs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Note: So what is magazine B anyway? Anyone with information on the publication history of this obscure cartoon by a major cartoonist should get in touch.

Al Ross? Wasn't he just in a blog post of mine? Here?

Some of Al Ross's New Yorker work is in the Cartoon Bank here. But where's the rest of it?

Al Ross passed away in 2012, but he's still making news on Ink Spill here.

An Al Ross memorial on Mike Lynch Cartoons is here.

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Tony Sarg: Furiouser and Furiouser

An original cartoon by Tony Sarg from 1935 apparently is meant as a children's vocabulary-builder: "Furious means ANGRY!" Too bad it's not meant as a character-builder. That father's energy would be better spent fetching a bucket of water to rescue the fish.

Tony Sarg, "Furious means ANGRY!" ink on board, 1935

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tony-Sarg-1935-Ink-cartoon-Signed-Original-Art-NR-Artist-/130958395134?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e7dba86fe&nma=true&si=UB68sj2DvLx%252F9kdb54zXrlCgzYs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Tony Sarg, "Furious means ANGRY!" ink on board, 1935

Note: If you should happen to be sitting on the obscure 1930's publication in which this cartoon originally appeared, don't be shy about it. People need to know.

Tony Sarg is the cartoonist and puppeteer who first introduced character balloons to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Melissa Sweet wrote and illustrated a children's book about him, a Caldecott honor winner. See my blog post on the book here.

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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Where the Wild Things Aren't

Back in 1988, I was pretty excited to learn of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, which was published in a special limited edition of 220. Each slipcased volume included an original drawing by Mr. Sendak (one of three different drawings that he made for this project). I don't remember the exact price back then, $450 to $550 I should think. I told my brother about this edition and he bought it right up, then had the original drawing beautifully framed (with a triple mat, no less). I for whatever reason did not follow suit and where am I today? Well, let's just say there are no original Sendak drawings anywhere in my home. Yes, I take full responsibility for this travesty.

Now Swann Galleries has one coming up for sale on the 24th, copy 176 of 220. It carries a very robust estimate of $5,000 to $7,500! As they say where the wild things are, ouch!