Sale 2511 - Illustration Art, June 4, 2019

203 c GAHAN WILSON. “Well, it certainly explains why everyone’s so nice!” Cartoon for The New Yorker, published May 8, 1995, with their stamped label on verso. Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper. 300x273 mm; 11 3 / 4 x10 3 / 4 inches. Signed in lower left image; tissue overlay captioned in Wilson’s hand along bottom (with “been” added before “so nice”), manuscript publication date, and the printed cartoon clipped and taped to recto. Provenance: Cartoon Collections. [1,000/1,500] 204 c GAHAN WILSON. “You’ve changed, Howie.” Rough drawing of cartoon for The New Yorker, published December 4, 2000. Pen, ink, graphite, and watercolor on paper. 305x229 mm; 12x9 inches. Signed in lower right image, captioned in lower margin. Provenance: Cartoon Collections.    [1,000/1,500] 203 204