Description: Excellent double-sided magazine illustration page rescued from a damaged December 1941 issue of ESQUIRE magazine. Artists / Illustrators were E. Simms Campbell and Rodney deSarro. The page was part of a feature article in that issue titled: "Seven out of time: A Portfolio of Modern Prints." The E. Simms Campbell illustration caption says: "That new fiddler's really hot." Center bottom of page says "Nero." The Rodney deSarro illustration caption says: "We're not taking up her option -- she's poison at the box office." Center bottom of page says "Lucretia Borgia." I don't know more about these two interesting illustrations. There was a movie done in 1959 titled "The Nights of Lucretia Borgia." Page edges had to be trimmed to eliminate small tears and rough areas. The edges of the paper have yellowed with age. Paper is much heavier than what is normally used in magazines. The page now measures 9" x 13 1/8". I'll place the page inside a plastic sleeve and add a piece of white foam board for stability. Mailing will be by USPS First Class in a large bubble envelope. I'll mail same day, or next day after PayPal payment is received. Following is some excellent information on: E. Simms Campbell Illustrator, Writer (1906–1971) Elmer Simms Campbell was the first African-American syndicated cartoonist. Better known as E. Simms Campbell, he was born on January 2, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri, to educators Elizabeth Simms and Elmer Cary Campbell. With his mother a watercolor artist, Campbell honed his own illustrative techniques, winning a noted art prize while attending Englewood High School in Chicago. He attended the Lewis Institute, University of Chicago and Art Institute, providing work for humor publications as well. During the 1920s, Campbell made ends meet by working for the post office and railroad lines, where he illustrated passengers. He eventually worked for the St. Louis art studio Triad and later an ad agency in New York, where he took additional classes at the Academy of Design and the Art Students League. He also illustrated a children's book by Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes. In 1932, Campbell created a "Night-Club Map of Harlem" and saw his illustrations published in the Sterling Brown poetry work Southern Road. He also collaborated with writers Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes on the children's book Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti. Campbell started drawing for Esquire in 1933, and was the magazine's resident illustrator until the end of the 1950s, becoming famed for drawings that often featured pin-up women and that had a satirical take on upper crust culture. He was the creator of Esquire's mustached, bug-eyed mascot Esky and of the Cuties comic strip series, which went into national distribution and appeared in book form. Thus he became the first African-American illustrator to be syndicated and whose work was featured regularly in U.S. national periodicals. His art was also seen in publications like Ebony, The New Yorker, Playboy and Redbook. It was unusual at the time for an African-American artist to illustrate mostly white characters, and as such Campbell's race wasn't generally known to readers. A noted writer on jazz as well, Campbell was close friends with musical legend Cab Calloway. Campbell's daughter would later marry famed photographer/director Gordon Parks. Living for an extended time in Switzerland, Campbell returned to the states upon his wife Vivian's death. He died from cancer on January 27, 1971, in White Plains, New York. In 2002 he was inducted posthumously into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. No details available for Rodney deSarro... Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
Price: 9 USD
Location: Frederick, Maryland
End Time: 2024-02-05T13:15:30.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.75 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller