PULITZER PRIZE WINNER JOHN T. McCUTCHEON UNCLE SAM ORIGINAL ART.
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Winning Bid:
$126.50 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
2
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #212 - Part II
Item numbers 989 through 2633 in auction 212
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Item Description
c. mid-late 1920s. 14.5x16-5/8” art board has India ink art w/Uncle Sam gazing across farm field at looming “Coal Strike/Rail Strike” storm clouds w/text in clear sky above “Moratorium On Strikes, Big Crops, Business Boom, Optimism, Industrial Truce”. Bottom right margin has “McCutcheon” ink signature. Blank bottom margin trimmed a bit uneven, image area Exc. McCutcheon (1870-1949) is recognized as the “Dean of American Cartoonists”. He worked for the “Chicago Tribune” from 1903 to 1946, receiving the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. Superb ink work.
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