Mar 21, 2017 - Sale 2440

Sale 2440 - Lot 232

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
BURRIS JENKINS, JR.
Group of 4 cartoons treating issues relating to New York City including taxation, voting, etc. Published in The New York Journal (later Journal-American) in the 1940s and 1950s. Graphite, chalk, wash, and ink on paper. Images measure 216x235 mm; 8 1/2x9 1/4 inches, on sheets measuring roughly 11x12 inches. All signed and captioned on rectos.

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"They Laughed at Them, Too!" (on NYC attaining Statehood) "Cooking His Golden Goose" (on NYC taxes to Albany) "Taking Candy from the Kids" (on taxing babysitters) "And Now, Mr. Mayor" (on City Hall problems).