Author: McCUTCHEON, John T. (1870-1949)
Title: Signed Ink Drawing
Description: Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist with the "Chicago Tribune" (1903-45). Original signed ink drawing, 14½" X 18", n.p. 1928. Very good. Slight edgewear and minor soiling. Labeled "Cartoons of the Day" in cursive by McCutcheon on the lower margin, this handsome three-panel piece contains three unrelated topics. The top panel, titled "Mr. Hoover completes his geographical education," depicts Hoover standing between a bookcase (with volumes labeled "North America," "Europe," "Far East," "Asia" and "Africa") and a table with a lamp on it, reading a large volume titled "South America." The middle panel, titled "A new topic monopolizes dinner table conversation," depicts a tableful of well-dressed ladies and gents encircling a lady discussing stocks; to the far left at this table sits a lone lady labeled "Prohibition" and to the right sits a lone lady labeled "Florida Boom." The lower panel, titled "Government ship inspection (from [illegible] description)," depicts a clerk in the foreground gazing at a large ship named "Vestris," saying "I guess that ship looks all right" and filing out a form. Signed simply "McCutcheon" at lower right, as usual. .

Keywords: Art & Architecture


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