Eugene Zim Zimmerman Horseheads NY 1898 Judge Magazine Stereotypical Southern African American Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing with letter to Charles L. Howard

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Eugene Zim Zimmerman Horseheads NY 1898 Judge Magazine Stereotypical Southern African American Editorial Original Political Illustration Cartoon Newspaper Pen and Ink Drawing

Stereotypical caricature depiction of Southern African American Women and child with Charles L. Howard caption title label below on mat board, “Gossip” with inscriptions verso of artists name and date: Oct 12-98.
Signed lower right, Zim

Eugene Zimmerman (1862 - 1935): After two and a half years at Puck (from May 1883 to December 1885), Zim moved to Judge magazine directed by Bernhard Gillam. Here he was better paid and enjoyed greater freedom in his selection of subjects.

Becoming one of America's best known cartoonists, he printed more than 40,000 sketches in his lifetime. The illustrious painter William Merritt Chase, on a visit to the offices of Judge in 1897, voiced his praise for Zim's artistry and related that the artist Edwin Austin Abbey pasted his work in a book.

After his retirement from Judge, Zim was founder and first president of the American Association of Cartoonists and Caricaturists.

Winning bidder will receive a Certificate of Authenticity with the drawing.

Approx. Dimensions or Size: 21.75 by 17 inches image site within 28 by 22 inches mat site

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Estimated Weight of Package: 11 lbs.

Package size: 32 x 32 x 2

Cons./Inv. Code: The present lot is inventory number Clh140 in the Charles L. Howard Collection, one of two hundred lots that will be continuously added to this online catalogue on a daily basis between today and the day of sale. The first 100 to 125 lots will be Important Original Illustration Art and the second 100 to 125 lots are comprised of Original Railroad Art. Please check our listings regularly during the coming days for many exciting discoveries.
Low & High Ests: 500 / 700 Starting Bid: 200

Illustration board has toned and yellowed with age with horizontal upper and lower darker areas which discolored by exposure and dust and patched outer edges with one evident patched tear center right edge at fence handle. The state of preservation of these original illustration drawings that are on average over 65 years old is quite exceptional. Very, very few have any creases, tears or losses to the paper and the ink has remained uniformly vivid thanks to the family’s dry flat storage. Given that these were working drawings from which prints were made the expected edge annotations, highlighting, inscriptions, pasted labels, tack holes, staples, glue residues and scattered corrections can be found variously on the examples as illustrated in the photographs. These all add to the authenticity and immediacy of the Wartime newsroom and pressroom atmosphere, serving to reinforce the iconic status of these rare surviving testimonies to the political illustrator’s art. In a few examples additional notations have been made in the description section of the catalogue text for significant damage, however the condition sensitive collector is encouraged to contact our sale expert for additional lot details in advance of the auction date.