Photo, Print, Drawing [Cuties.] "It's a quiz show. They want to know which has the worst temper, blondes or redheads. You answer him, dearie; you've been both!" / E. Simms Campbell.
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Title
- [Cuties.] "It's a quiz show. They want to know which has the worst temper, blondes or redheads. You answer him, dearie; you've been both!" / E. Simms Campbell.
Summary
- Cartoon shows a beautiful brown-haired chorus girl handing a phone to an equally beautiful redhead, suggesting the redhead is best qualified to answer a quiz show question comparing redheads to blondes because she dyes her hair. Campbell was one of the first black cartoonists to draw for mainstream magazines such as Esquire, Playboy, and the Saturday Evening Post. His long-legged chorus and harem girls were almost all white.
Names
- Campbell, E. Simms (Elmer Simms), 1906-1971, artist
Created / Published
- 1952 Nov. 2.
Headings
- - Chorus girls--1950-1960
Headings
- Cartoons (Commentary)--American--1950-1960.
- Drawings--American--Color--1950-1960.
- Watercolors--American--1950-1960.
Genre
- Cartoons (Commentary)--American--1950-1960
- Watercolors--American--1950-1960
- Drawings--American--Color--1950-1960
Notes
- - Section title from item.
- - Caption label from exhibit Cartoon America: Well known for his appealing drawings of beautiful, long-legged women, E. Simms Campbell, in this cartoon, captures two equally attractive young women. The brown-haired beauty hands the phone to her red-haired cohort, telling her that she is best qualified to answer a quiz show question comparing redheads to blondes because "you've been both." A brilliant, pioneering African American illustrator and cartoonist, Campbell launched his own feature, Cuties, for King Features Syndicate in the 1930s and published work in mainstream publications such as Judge, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, the Saturday Evening Post, and Playboy.
- - Stamped on verso: King Features Syndicate Library 235 East 45th Street, New York, N.Y.
- - Date stamped on verso: Nov 1952.
- - Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
- - Exhibited: Cartoon America: Highlights from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Library of Congress, 2006-2007.
- - Unprocessed in WOOD/Campbell.36
- - Sources: World encyclopedia of art, p. 154; www.clstoons.com ljr
Medium
- 1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing ; 37.5 x 30.3 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 [item] [P&P]
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
- ppmsca 05869 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.05869
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2004673460
Reproduction Number
- LC-DIG-ppmsca-05869 (digital file from original drawing)
Rights Advisory
- Rights status not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions...," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
Online Format
- image