Existing comment:
(13) But How to Let Go--Gracefully, 1965.
Published in the Chicago American, 1965.
Ink brush, crayon, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing with overlays and paste-ons.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09125 (13)
President Lyndon Johnson clings grimly to the tail of a giant tiger (labeled "Vietnam"), that lunges wildly through a nocturnal universe in this cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker (1902-1991). This drawing of 1965 addresses how America would extricate itself from the war in Vietnam. U.S. troops did pull out in 1973. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Shoemaker studied at the Chicago Academy for Fine Arts, drew editorial cartoons at the Chicago Daily News for nearly thirty years, and taught at his alma mater. His artful, gestural style became looser and more painterly in the 1960s. |