Helen E. Hokinson Strikes a Balance

Helen E. Hokinson's delightful cartoons reflect a bygone patrician age. Here one of her plump, well-to-do matrons reveals a surprising fashion insecurity.

"I never realized it was going to overbalance me."
Helen E. Hokinson
Framed original artwork for the New Yorker, August 22, 1931, page 30

"I never realized it was going to overbalance me."
Helen E. Hokinson
Detail of framed original artwork for the New Yorker, August 22, 1931, page 30

Helen E. Hokinson's signature

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"I never realized it was going to overbalance me."
Helen E. Hokinson
The New Yorker, August 22, 1931, page 30

"I never realized it was going to overbalance me."
Helen E. Hokinson
The New Yorker, August 22, 1931, page 30

August 23, 2020 Update:  This work was sold at Swann Galleries on July 16.

"I never realized it was going to overbalance me."
Helen E. Hokinson
The New Yorker, August 22, 1931, page 30

Helen E. Hokinson

https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/HELEN-HOKINSON-I-never-realized-it-was-going-to-overbalance-?saleno=2541&lotNo=224&refNo=767245

Note:  More of Helen E. Hokinson's classic work may be seen on this very blog here.

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