Showing posts with label ladder. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 8, 2026

Peter Arno: The Fireman's Pledge

An early cartoon original by Peter Arno was sold by Clarke Auction Gallery of Larchmont in 2020.

"Now remember your promise!"
Peter Arno
Original art
For Members Only (1935)

Arno imbues the rescue scene with all the bawdy innuendo he can muster. That fireman is surely brave, but he is no match for the mature, stout, playful, woman descending the ladder in her flimsy nightgown.
"Now remember your promise!"
Peter Arno
Framed o
riginal art
For Members Only (1935)


Alas, there is some surface loss to the original.

Conveniently, a caption has been written on the back: "Now remember you promised!"
The back of the frame

The handwritten caption differs slightly from what is printed in For Memebers Only.
The caption

Peter Arno
Clarke Auction Gallery listing of April 26, 2020

Peter Arno
Clarke Auction Gallery item description


https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/clarke/fine-art-jewelry-antiques-asian-midcentury-auction-5040?page=2#catalog

Febrary 11, 2026 Update:  The cartoon was published in the 1935 collection Peter Arno's For Members Only with the caption "Now remember your promise!" I therefore have corrected the caption slightly from "Now remember, you promised!"







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Monday, December 19, 2022

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #832

"Have fun storming the castle!"
—"The Princess Bride" (1987)


This week, I had fun storming The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #832 from the issue of December 19, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Michael Maslin.

"Hold on! Did anyone add the tranquilizer?"



These captions of  mine weren't quite housebroken:

"They knew we were coming!"
"They have a diabolical countermeasure!"
"Did it occur to any of you that he's color blind?"
"Guess what? They weren't trying to keep us out."
"It's a game of bones!"





January 14, 2023 Update:  The Finalists







January 16, 2023 Update
:  I voted for the caption from Saratoga Springs. And I had fun doing it.


 

January 27, 2023 Update:  The Winner








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