Auctioned Drawings Of Interest…Barbara Shermund, Charles Addams, Peter Arno
Attempted Bloggery has reported that a 1949 color piece by Barbara Shermund was auctioned this past Wednesday as well as a 1941 Charles Addams New Yorker drawing.
.See the entire post with full drawings here.
…and in other auction news, a 1937 Peter Arno original drawing for College Humor was gaveled yesterday.
Barbara Shermund’s A-Z Entry
Barbara Shermund (self portrait shown here) Born, San Francisco. 1899. Studied at The California School of Fine Arts. Died, 1978, New Jersey. New Yorker work: June 13, 1925 thru September 16, 1944. 8 covers and 599 cartoons. Shermund’s post-New Yorker work was featured in Esquire. (for more on Shermund’s life and work, See Liza Donnelly’s book, “Funny Ladies” — a history of The New Yorker’s women cartoonists — and Caitlin McGurk’s Shermund biography, “Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins”)
Charles Addams A-Z Entry
Charles Addams (Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January 7, 1912. Died September 29, 1988, New York City. New Yorker work: 1932 – 1988 * the New Yorker has published his work posthumously. One of the giants of The New Yorker’s stable of artists. Key cartoon collections: While all of Addams’ collections are worthwhile, here are three that are particular favorites; Homebodies (Simon & Schuster, 1954), The Groaning Board (Simon & Schuster, 1964), Creature Comforts (Simon & Schuster, 1981). In 1991 Knopf published The World of Chas Addams, a retrospective collection. A biography, Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Linda Davis, was published in 2006 by Random House. Visit the Addams Foundation website for far more information : charlesaddams.com
Peter Arno’s A-Z Entry
Peter Arno Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr., January 8, 1904, New York City. Died February 22, 1968, Port Chester, NY. New Yorker work: 1925 -1968. Key collection: Ladies & Gentlemen (Simon & Schuster, 1951) The Foreword is by Arno. For far more on Arno please check out my biography of him, Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist (Regan Arts, 2016).
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Video Of Interest: Bob Eckstein On Chatfield’s “Draw Me Anything”
Bob Eckstein, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007, joins Jason Chatfield (New Yorker class of 2017) on Mr. Chatfield’s Substack, Draw Me Anything! Link here!