Thurber, James

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Description

"I'm very sorry, Madam, but the one in the middle is stuffed, poor fellow," original pen-and-ink drawing signed ("James Thurber"), mid-1930's, (8 1/2 x 11 in.; 216 x 279 mm); glue stains on verso, generally not affecting recto.

Literature

Bowden A22a, C272

Catalogue Note

An exceptional Thurber cartoon with three of his celebrated dogs, first published in the New Yorker, 7 March 1936. First collected in Thurber's Dogs (1955).