1944 · [np
by Russell, Bruce
[np, 1944. Original broadside drawing in black ink on artist board, 12" x 17." Signed in ink at lower right corner. Inscribed at bottom margin: "To E.A. Brinstool with my best regards, Bruce Russell." Compositor's instructions in pencil; a few areas of white ink for touch-up. Near Fine.
Russell, lead cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times from 1934 for nearly thirty years, won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons in 1946. This cartoon is a parody of the James Earle Fraser sculpture, "End of the Trail." It depicts a defeated Hitler riding an exhausted Germany to its death. Brinstool was a noted Western historian and cowboy poet. Both were members of the University Club of Los Angeles. (Inventory #: 39013)
Russell, lead cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times from 1934 for nearly thirty years, won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons in 1946. This cartoon is a parody of the James Earle Fraser sculpture, "End of the Trail." It depicts a defeated Hitler riding an exhausted Germany to its death. Brinstool was a noted Western historian and cowboy poet. Both were members of the University Club of Los Angeles. (Inventory #: 39013)
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