SHAW McCUTCHEON (1921-2016) Uncle Sam giving Fidel Castro a cigar.
Pen and ink on illustration paper. 18x14 1/2 inches, sheet. Signed "Shaw McCutcheon" in ink, lower left.Political cartoon created on the occasion of the United States' ban on Cuban cigars, which was included in the trade embargo and signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on February 7th 1962. Famously, the President secured a large stockpile of Cuban cigars for himself in anticipation of the embargo.
