RICHARD NIXON POLITICAL CARTOON ORIGINAL ART TRIO.
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Winning Bid:
$118.00
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 11, 2019 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 11, 2019 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Lot of three artboards measuring between 10.75x13-3/8" and approx. 11.5x19-1/8"; two featuring mixed media original art while third has pen and ink art. Earliest dates to 1960 and features original art by Ed Valtman (1914-2005), long-time political cartoonist for "The Hartford Times," holding the position there from 1951 through 1975.Winner of the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, this cartoon from the Nixon's 1960 Presidential campaign, shows Vice President Richard Nixon trying to separate himself from the policies of President Dwight Eisenhower, here shown as the jilted bride. Art has some trace residue from screentone accents to attorney's desktop and jacket, but is o/w clean and VF/Exc. w/just small spot of faint staining to bride's face. 1970 cartoon w/"Walk Softly And Carry A Big Stick" (an obvious nod to Theodore Roosevelt) handwritten title at top shows Nixon tiptoeing while carrying a huge club w/Spiro Agnew's face at its end. Art is by NEA Syndicate cartoonist Bill Crawford (1913-1982), who won the National Cartoonist Society award for best political cartoonist four times. Exc. Last cartoon is also from 1970 and features art by "Chicago Daily News" cartoonist Cecil Jensen (1902-1976), who is noted for his creation Colonel McCosmic, a less than flattering caricature of the rival Chicago Tribune's eccentric owner, Colonel Robert McCormick. Jensen was also a syndicated cartoonist, his "Elmo And Debbie" was a syndicated daily strip that also saw publication in comic books. Jensen's cartoon refers to Nixon trying to get his Supreme Court nominees through the Senate, w/Nixon using nominee as a battering ram w/handwritten "'Something's Gotta Give Sometime'" caption at top. Both Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell failing to be approved. Margins have been trimmed and artboard has pin holes art corner and is evenly aged. Fine w/VF art.
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