Page 95 - Swann Galleries - 20th Century Illustration - Sale 2300 - January 24, 2013

171 ● WILLIAM GROPPER. “The Landslide.”
Political cartoon probably for New Masses. 375 x 277 mm; 143/4 x11 inches. Lithographer’s
crayon, ink, drybrush and airbrush highlighted with white. Signed lower right. Nd.
[800/1,200]
Franklin D. Roosevelt and running mate John Nance Garner from Texas are dressed as
cowboys astride a sawhorse and singing “Git along little doggie.” They had just won the
Presidential election in a landslide.
172 ● WILLIAM GROPPER. “Monkey Glands for the N.R.A.”
Political cartoon probably for New Masses. 365x270 mm; 141 /4 x103/4 inches. Pen and ink,
drybrush and airbrush highlighted with white. Signed lower left. Nd. [800/1,200]
The American Eagle is being given a transfusion as labor leaderWilliam Green and President
Franklin D. Roosevelt (dressed a an old woman) look on.
173 ● WILLIAM GROPPER. Untitled.
Political cartoon probably for New Masses. 355x275 mm; 14x103/4 inches. Pen and ink,
drybrush and airbrush highlighted with white. Signed lower left. Nd. [800/1,200]
174 ● WILLIAM GROPPER. The Big Shots.
Political cartoon probably for New Masses. 270x355 mm; 141/4 x103/4 inches Lithographer’s
crayon, ink, and airbrush highlighted with white. Signed lower right. Nd. [800/1,200]
“The Big Shots” of American business are scathingly caricatured as a group of thugs,William
Randolph “Stinky” Hearst, Henry “Pretty Boy” Ford, John D. “Scarface” Rockefeller and
J. P. “Gyp-The-Blood” Morgan.
175 ● BERTA HADER. Illustration from “The Big Snow.”
Ink and watercolor on paper, signed “BE” lower right. Approximately 15 inches square
(381 mm). Handsomely matted and framed. [1,500/2,000]
“The Big Snow” is a children’s book written and illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader
(hence the BE signature). It won the 1949 Caldecott Medal, awarded annually to the artist
of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
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