Auction Watch: Cartoons By Whitney Darrow, Jr., Gahan Wilson, Barney Tobey, and More
Mike Lynch reports that Heritage Auctions has a number of original pieces of cartoon art going under the gavel. The offering includes New Yorker artists Whitney Darrow, Jr., Eldon Dedini, Larry Reynolds, Gahan Wilson, and Barney Tobey. See the pieces here.
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Now That’s A Cover!
Here’s another terrific cover by the late great Abe Birnbaum.
Mr. Birnbaum’s A-Z Entry:
Abe Birnbaum Born, New York City, 1899. Died June 19, 1966, New York City. New Yorker work: 1929 -1974. Mr. Birnbaum began at the New Yorker as a cartoonist, contributing a handful before switching to cover work, of which he produced 141. He also provided spot drawings and illustrations. According to Mr. Birnbaum’s New York Times obit, his work was exhibited at The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Carnegie Institute.