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RICHARD TAYLOR.
‘It’s over there, Madam, right under the woman with the big feet.” Pen, ink, and wash on
board. 482x381 mm; 19x15 inches, board. Published in The NewYorker, May 11, 1946.
Signed in image, upper right. The NewYorker stamp and notes on verso. A fun poke at
Diego Rivera murals in civic buildings.
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5 pencil cartoon roughs on paper, all about modern art.Two for Playboy magazine; the others likely
for The NewYorker, but not dated. All signed in the image. Average sheet size 432x355 mm; 17x14
inches.“I wouldn’t Know — I’m a leg-man myself.”“For posing,my terms are a dollar an hour, room and
board.” Both marked “Done. OK color Playboy.” Others:“ . . . Let me see — I think that was the year
I was crossed in love by that football halfback” * 2 different images both captioned:“It’s `Winkie’ against
the world now — but then, that’s what he’s always wanted.” Featuring a tormented Picasso imitator.
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RICHARD TAYLOR.
Two cartoons for The New Yorker. Watercolor, ink and wash on board. 387x508 mm;
15
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x20 inches, board. First cartoon uncaptioned but showing a casually seated, cigarette
smoking model in a President Hamilton costume posing for an artist’s counterfeit of the
$10 bill while two shady looking guys look on. Signed in ink upper right,The NewYorker
Magazine stamps and printers’ marks on verso. Second captioned “Keep perfectly still,
Henderson. I’ve seen this very situation handled several times in the cinema.” A version
of the image used in the May 25, 1940 issue. Unsigned.
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