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Lucy and the Football
Lucy offers to hold the football for Charlie Brown while he runs up to kick it. Can I assume you know what generally happens next?Charles M. Schulz,Lucy and the Football, 1997...
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The Gibson Girl Plays Football
Even the Gibson Girl plays football! And it's tackle....Charles Dana Gibson,FootballCharles Dana Gibson,Football Swann Galleries, June 5,...
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Hermès Lapinosaure Tie
This adorable silk tie from Hermès depicts a fire-breathing dragon and a harmless bunny rabbit. One element of the design shows a friendly encounter and the other shows a chase. The design is 5607 MA...
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Hirschfeld's Pippin
When I was growing up in the suburbs of New York in the 1970's, "Pippin" was the smart new musical that seemed to best define my generation. It had fabulous music and stunning choreography by the great...
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Manilow on Broadway
I got to see "Manilow on Broadway" at the St. James Theatre on Saturday night. For me, this merely involved a short drive to the theater district, but the audience was not simply the usual assortment...
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Maira Kalman: Painting Proust
The January 21 issue of The New Yorker contains a Sketchbook page by Maira Kalman entitled Marcel's Way. This is not a typical stand-aloneSketchbook page, but rather an illustration specifically...
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Woodland Café Bass Fiddle Player
Over the last two years, auctioneer Howard Lowery sold two fine animation drawings of a grasshopper playing the bass fiddle from one of the most delightful Walt Disney Silly Symphonies, "Woodland...
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The Arden "Romeo and Juliet"
The Arden Shakespeare: "Romeo and Juliet"William ShakespeareEdited by Brian Gibbons When I was in college I took an intensive monthlong course in "Hamlet," which has always been my favorite play of...
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Brookside Flagg
Illustrator James Montgomery Flagg is best remembered for creating the iconic World War I "I Want You" poster featuring Uncle Sam. Many of his personal letters are beautifully illustrated, including...
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Folon's Early Bird
Jean-Michel Folonprovided color illustrations to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1988. As Folon wrote, "Everyone talks about it, no one reads it." In this copy Folon drew a dove of peace...
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Krazy & Ignatz: "A Kat a'Lilt with Song"
Krazy & Ignatz 1931-1932: "A Kat a'Lilt with Song"(2004)George HerrimanEdited by Bill Blackbeard and Derya AtakerGeorge Herriman'sKrazy Kat comic strip is unique in the history of the art form. The...
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Lovebirds by Hermès
It's that special time of year when we all turn our thoughts to love and romance.Fashionable men well-stocked in Hermèssilk might very well opt to wear this charming tie featuring lovebirds.Why not?...
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Birthday Boop
Today, friends, is the birthday of my dear wife! So happy birthday to my woman, the icing on my cake. Here too are some visual birthday greetings which I'd like to dedicate to my own personal blonde...
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Cupids of Andy Warhol
From Christie's South Kensington, here are two early hand-colored lithographs by Andy Warhol.These Cupids date from 1956.Andy Warhol,,Cupids IAndy Warhol,Cupids II Andy Warhol(American, 1928-1987)...
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Pluto + Fifi 4 Ever
Anyone who has seen Walt Disney's1933 animated short "Puppy Love" can tell you that Pluto's girlfriend is Minnie's dog Fifi. Here that great canine couple grace the cover of Mickey Mouse Magazine,...
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A Little Big-Time Adoration from Ronald Searle
With his ink and watercolor workAdoration,Ronald Searleshares the love.Ronald Searle, AdorationChristie's South KensingtonJuly 29,...
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Keith Haring's Figure with Heart Balloon
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade's Blue Sky Gallery series brings the designs of contemporary artists to the annual New York City celebration. This balloon is based on Keith Haring's drawing Untitled...
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Mickey in Giantland
Mickey Mouse runs for fear of his life in this dynamic animation drawing from the 1933 Walt Disney short "Giantland." I'm afraid I lost my appetite for adventure when I discovered that in this scene...
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George Booth's Rules of Order
The followingcartoon with a prehistoric setting was sold last month at New York's Swann Galleries. It seems that cartoonist George Boothwas the first to appreciate that cavemenhad a good intuitive feel...
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Mickey Mouse Dreams of Power as the Sorcerer's Apprentice
Here he is, Mickey Mouse in his greatest role, the Sorcerer's Apprentice from Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1940). Furthermore, this is his most glorious moment, when he dreams he has the power to command...
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