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GEORGE BENJAMIN LUKS.
“Forbidden Fruit.”
Comic strip, most likely for The NewYorkWorld, late 1890s.Watercolor and ink. 340x275
mm; 13
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x11 inches. Signed “George B. Luks” on left of fourth panel. Matted.
[2,000/3,000]
An amusing comment on literary censorship by one of the important members of New York’s
Ashcan School.After working on the staff of the Philadelphia Press, Luks left for NewYork City
to work for the Sunday comic supplement of Joseph Pulitzer’s NewYorkWorld.WhenWilliam
Randolph Hearst hired R. F. Outcault out from under Pulitzer to draw “The Yellow Kid” for
Hearst’s American, Luks drew a competing weekly “Yellow Kid” page for the World.The term
“yellow journalism” was coined to describe the fierce competition between Pulitzer and Hearst
during the Spanish AmericanWar and has come to define all sensationalist journalism.
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PAUL MAK (Pavel Ivanov).
Gentleman toying with yoyo.
Gouache and pen, in blue, black, grey, peach, and brown. 135x83 mm; 5x3, on cream paper,
mounted to stiff board. Signed “MAK/1932/Paris” in ink, lower right. Image clean but
slightly blistered, board chipped and toned, with some dried residue.
[2,000/3,000]
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