Dec 16, 2021 - Sale 2592

Sale 2592 - Lot 169

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
CULMER BARNES (1874-1936)
"'Hey! Fellers! Jimmie's pinched!' 'Run tell his wife!'" Cartoon published on page 23 of Life magazine, July 5, 1917, with their copyright stamp on verso. Pen and ink on thin board. 135x335 mm; 5 1/4x13 1/4 inches, on 5 3/4x14 1/4-inch sheet. Signed "C. Barnes" in lower left image with typed caption affixed to verso. Hinged to window matte with board.

In the published caption, the name "Jimmie" is changed to "Sammie."