Sale 2526 - Illustration Art, December 10, 2019

245 c PETER ARNO. “Pretend you don’t notice them.” Cartoon for The New Yorker , published March 10, 1934. Ink, wash, and watercolor on board. 410x350 mm; 16 1 / 4 x13 3 / 4 inches, on 17 3 / 4 x14 1 / 2 -inch board. Signed “Peter Arno” in lower left image and inscribed “To Annie[?]” in bottom margin at right (surface damage partially obscures inscription). Caption on lower edge of matte in artist’s hand. Some surface wear. Framed. [2,000/3,000] 246 c R. O. BLECHMAN. “Robot (á la Rodin).” Cover illustration for The New Yorker, October 7, 1991. Watercolor, ink, and glaze on paper. 292x210 mm; 11 1 / 2 x8 1 / 4 inches, image on 16x1 1 / 2 -inch paper. Signed, lower right. Matted and framed. [3,000/4,000] 247 c WHITNEY DARROW, JR. “You should write a book called ‘How I Turned $100,000 into Fifty Cents in My Spare Time.’” Cartoon for The New Yorker . Not dated. Charcoal, pen, ink, and gouache on paper adhered to board. 353x292 mm; 14x11 1 / 2 inches (sight), on 19 1 / 4 x15 1 / 2 -inch board. Signed “Whitney Darrow, Jr.” in lower right image, typed caption on label adhered to board. Matted. [700/1,000] 245 246 247