Jan 23, 2014 - Sale 2337

Sale 2337 - Lot 162

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JOHN TINNEY McCUTCHEON.
Group of 4 political cartoons. Pen and ink, each published in the Chicago Daily Tribune. Each signed "McCutcheon," lower right corner, and mounted on black card.

Additional Details

"'Help! Help! Police! Police!'" 444x360 mm; 17 1/2x14 1/4 inches. December 30, 1907. A Chicagoan is mercilessly attacked by the Grip Germ When a Rich and Powerful Leader of a Crime Ring Passes On. 370x360 mm; 14 1/2x14 inches. A sardonic comment on the sad relationship of organized crime with prominent public figures. Exhibited in The Cartoons of John T. McCutcheon: Chronicles of a Changing World at the Chicago Cultural Center's Chicago Rooms, May 30-August 2, 2009 Reported Gov. Small Will Ask for Change of Venue. 395x340 mm; 15 1/2x13 1/4 inches. All the surrounding States watch as Governor Len Small of Illinois fights accusations of political corruption Wish He Wouldn't Look at Us That Way. 320x315 mm; 13 1/2x12 1/4 inches. The Sun beats down on the Earth through magnifying glasses as a man in Chicago cries, "Hey! Cut that out! See!"