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Otto Soglow The Little King Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 12-16-34 (King Features Syndicate, 1934)
Auction: 05/28/2015 - 5/30/2015
Lot: 92422
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1900 New York, New York - 1975 New York, New York. Known for: Illustrator-cartoon.
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle,... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly conscious of it, Soglows king tweaked the noses of pompous uppity-ups around him, doing the simplest, most unexpected, and most nonsensical things, rather than the most ceremonial. In one story, the king gets up from his luxurious bed, traverses the... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly conscious of it, Soglows king tweaked the noses of pompous uppity-ups around him, doing the simplest, most unexpected, and most nonsensical things, rather than the most ceremonial. In one story, the king gets up from his luxurious bed, traverses the length of his magnificent palace, has the drawbridge opened, and takes in the morning quart of milk. On another occasion, when he learns on his wa... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeOriginal Comic Strip Art for The Little King Sunday dated 12-16-34 (King Features Syndicate, 1934)
Otto Soglow Auction: 04/01/2004 - 4/3/2004Lot: 1108Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeOtto Soglow The Little King and Sentinel Louie Sunday Comic Strips Original Art dated 05-03-36 (King Features Syndicate, 1936)
Otto Soglow Auction: 04/26/2025 - 4/27/2025Lot: 52306Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeOtto Soglow The Little King Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 10-1-39 (King Features Syndicate, 1939)
Otto Soglow Auction: 08/10/2017 - 8/12/2017Lot: 93487Subscribe or get free alerts
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