Showing posts with label vanity mirror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vanity mirror. Show all posts

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Blog Post No. 3900: Peter Arno's Cad Confrontation

Two suitors confront each other at a showgirl's dressing room door. Happens every day. The original artwork by cartoonist Peter Arno was sold on eBay in 2020. The eBay seller could not provide the caption or the publication history, but we can fix that here. 

First, the auction:







Peter Arno's signature



Detail of the showgirl




A clue! The verso has an A number which identifies this as a New Yorker drawing.




Peter Arno
eBay Listing Ended June 24, 2020

Peter Arno
eBay Item Description




And now, the big reveal:

"You cad! You're not fit to touch the hem of her skirt."
Peter Arno
Original art
The New Yorker, March 20, 1943, page 17
Peter Arno's Man in the Shower (1944)

Cartoons by James Thurber and Peter Arno
Story by E. B. White
https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1943-03-20/flipbook/016/


As dutifully noted above, the cartoon also made an appearance in Peter Arno's Man in the Shower (1944):






The Attempted Bloggery Centennial Posts 💯
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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #56

Try not to stare at my entries in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #56. The drawing is by David Borchart.
"On the plus side, I'm never lonely."
"Oh, some herbal blend. Why?"
"You learn to change in the closet."
"It was a rescue."
January 9, 2020 Update:  The Winner
Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:
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Saturday, June 8, 2013

William Steig's Mirror Image

This drawing of a well-dressed donkey gazing coolly at his vanity mirror and a reflected angry lion staring right back at him is by none other than the brilliant William Steig. It's a simple enough composition, but everything works delightfully well here: shading, body language, facial expression. This is the work of a master.

William Steig, Donkey at Vanity Mirror, Private Collection

Note:  My previous call for owners of original artwork by William Steig to share their drawings right here on the blog has resulted once again in a rare and beautiful find. Given this unexpected success, I would be a fool not to repeat the request. Here goes:  if you have original artwork by the great William Steig in your collection and you would like to see it gloriously displayed on this blog, please contact me at my email address.

I am also always eager for information on the publication history of any original artwork that appears on this blog. So if you are aware of when and where this drawing was published, or if you know the publication history of any other original work that appears on this blog, please let me know. I generally come right out and say whatever I know about a given piece, so if you notice I have been silent about something, well, I simply must not know. I also have a special label, published?, on this and every blog post where I have some question of this nature.

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