Jun 17 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2709 -

Sale 2709 - Lot 174

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(NEW YORKER) RICHARD TAYLOR (1902 - 1970)
"Curtain going up, third act...and a bitter disappointment it is."

Pen, ink, wash, and gouache on board, 1942. 363x520 mm; 14¼x20 inches. Signed in upper right image. Partial caption written on pencil in lower margin, under mat. Inscribed and signed on mat, "For my pals, Kay and Harry Mace, from R. Taylor 1947." New Yorker stamp on verso.

Published
Cartoon published in The New Yorker, March 7, 1942.