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Title:
L.B.J. and other caricaturesCreator/Contributor:
Sotomayor, Antonio, 1904-, creator, artist.Abstract:
Unfinished mock-up book for a collection of caricature drawings by Antonio Sotomayor. Photographic prints of the drawings
and one original drawing are pasted to various leaves in the volume. Includes multiple caricatures of U.S. President Lyndon
B. Johnson and renderings of other political figures of Johnson's era (e.g. Richard M. Nixon, Fidel Castro, etc.).
Date:
1965 (issued)Subject:
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) -- 1908-1973 -- Caricatures and cartoonsCaricatures and cartoons -- 20th century -- Specimens
Political cartoons -- 20th century
Note:
by Antonio Sotomayor.
Cover title.
Hand-lettered at bottom of cover: "With an introduction by ABCDEF GHIJKLM".
Most drawings include signature of artist: "Sotomayor".
Photographer unknown.
Laid in to volume: postcard promoting Images of the Performing Arts, exhibition presented by San Francisco Performing Arts
Library and Museum, July 13 through August 27, 1993 at SF PALM Gallery. Postcard illustrated with Sotomayor caricature of
conductor Pierre Monteux.
L.B.J. and other caricatures, BANC PIC 2014.231, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift ; of Ansel Wettersten ; 2013.
Type:
graphicDrawings.
Caricatures.
Physical Description:
photoprint
14 photographs and 1 drawing in 1 volume : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; sheets various sizes, volume 20 x 13 cm
Language:
English