Sale 2465 - Illustration Art, December 14, 2017

272 c CHARLES BARSOTTI. “Would you like a little phone sex while you hold?” Cartoon for The New Yorker, published July 27, 1998, with their inventory label on verso. Pen, ink, and correction f luid on paper. 191x241 mm; 7 1 / 2 x9 1 / 2 inches. Signed “C. Barsotti” in lower left image. [700/1,000] 273 c CHARLES BARSOTTI. “Well, if you’re going to wiretap your people you are going to hear things.” Cartoon for The New Yorker, published February 2, 2009, with their inventory label on verso. Pen, ink, and correction f luid on paper. 191x241 mm; 7 1 / 2 x9 1 / 2 inches. Signed “C. Barsotti” in lower left image. [700/1,000] 272 273 274 c ABE BIRNBAUM. Christmas Windows in New York City. Cover illustration for The New Yorker, published December 12, 1953, with their “Ready to Run” label on verso. Gouache and ink on paper. 432x305 mm; 17x12 inches, mounted to artist’s original 19 3 / 4 x15-inch backing. Signed in lower right image. Visible craquelure with slight loss of paint in window portion of image and to package and coat of woman in foreground. [2,000/3,000] 274