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JOSEPH B. CORCORAN JR. (1925-1968) "Things have changed!" Cartoon published in the Baltimore Sun-Times, 1964. (Ink and wash on paper?). Signed "Corcoran" in bottom right image.
This is a charming large illustration depicts the vast changes in America in the 30 years between 1934 and 1964, contrasting such 1930s imagery as gangsters in pinstripe suits and famed burlesque fan dancer Sally Rand, with a world dominated by a "Great Giant Electronic Brain (Computer)" --which has proven all the more relevant today.
Corcoran was a prolific Baltimore-based cartoonist and illustrator during his unfortunately short lifetime (having passed away at age 42). According to his 1968 Baltimore Sun Times obituary, he was "...a leading cartoonist and illustrator of pretty girls and city life… The artist, whose drawings covered a wide range of subjects, joined the paper's art department in 1950. For the past fifteen years he had delighted readers with humorous drawing on Baltimore life, or more whimsical sketches of family scenes appearing in The Sunday Sun and The Evening Sun… He frequently worked on several projects at once and was one of the most productive and versatile artists in the art department."
