CHARLES SAXON, AMERICAN, NEW YORK 1920-1988, AU VIEUX CARRE, 1983, Lithograph, Sight: 15 x 11 3/4 in. (38.1 x 29.8 cm.), Frame: 21 x 17 1/2 in. (53.3 x 44.5 cm.)
CHARLES SAXON
AMERICAN, NEW YORK, 1920-1988
AU VIEUX CARRE, 1983
Lithograph
Lower left: 77/250; lower right signed: Saxon
Catalogue note:
Charles Saxon was a cartoonist who created 92 covers for The New Yorker. In Saxon's New York Times obituary, The New Yorker's art editor and fellow cartoonist Lee Lorenz wrote: "Chuck's elegantly designed and meticulously rendered covers and drawings were in the classic tradition of social satire that reaches back to Daumier and Gavarni ... Seen as a whole, his work constitutes a unique social history of our time."
Dimensions: Sight: 15 x 11 3/4 in. (38.1 x 29.8 cm.), Frame: 21 x 17 1/2 in. (53.3 x 44.5 cm.) Artist Name: CHARLES SAXON Medium: Lithograph
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CHARLES SAXON
AMERICAN, NEW YORK, 1920-1988
AU VIEUX CARRE, 1983
Lithograph
Lower left: 77/250; lower right signed: Saxon
Catalogue note:
Charles Saxon was a cartoonist who created 92 covers for The New Yorker. In Saxon's New York Times obituary, The New Yorker's art editor and fellow cartoonist Lee Lorenz wrote: "Chuck's elegantly designed and meticulously rendered covers and drawings were in the classic tradition of social satire that reaches back to Daumier and Gavarni ... Seen as a whole, his work constitutes a unique social history of our time."
Dimensions: Sight: 15 x 11 3/4 in. (38.1 x 29.8 cm.), Frame: 21 x 17 1/2 in. (53.3 x 44.5 cm.) Artist Name: CHARLES SAXON Medium: Lithograph
Condition: For a detailed condition report please request more information.