Jun 05, 2018 - Sale 2480

Sale 2480 - Lot 201

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
VINT LAWRENCE.
"GOP Caucus." Political cartoon for The New Republic magazine, 1998. Pen, ink, felt-tipped marker, and correction fluid on stiff paper. 445x356 mm; 17 1/2x14 inches, on 20 1/4x16-inch sheet. Signed and dated "V. Lawrence [19]98" in lower right image.
Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

Well-known for his cartoons and caricatures in The New Republic and The Washington Post, the late illustrator Lawrence was also a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer from their elite Special Activities Division. He was stationed in Laos from 1962 to 1966 (under the name "James Vinton") where he befriended paramilitary expert Anthony Poshepny (aka "Tony Poe") and fostered a close relationship with the Hmong leader Vang Pao in the U.S. war in Southeast Asia.
Lawrence was married to National Public Radio reporter Anne Garrels and his letters to her during her time in Baghdad, Iraq, during the 2003 U.S. invasion, are included in her book, Naked in Baghdad.