SYD HOFF - DRAWINGS - CARTOONIST/AUTHOR - DANNY AND THE DINOSAUR - POLITICAL

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SYD HOFF
Four original pen-and-ink political cartoon drawings, each  signed:
(three are signed on lower right corner in ink; one is signed in pencil on upper right corner.)
"KEEP OFF THE GRASS" 3 3/8  X 4 1/2 inches
THREE MEN WITH A PUZZLED LOOK  2 7/8 X 4 1/2 inches
"PARDON MY NOT HAVING A GLOVE!"  3 3/8 X 4 1/2 inches
"HARD TIMES AGAIN! 1914 119 CANDIDATES FILE"  2 1/2 X 4 1/2 inches
OBTAINED FROM  the St. Paul, Minnesota Pioneer Press Newspaper, according to
the previous owner.
Condition: very good
The group of four: 5.00
Syd Hoff was a Jewish- American cartoonist and children's book author, best known for his classic
early reader "Danny and the Dinosaur" (1958). His cartoons have appeared in a variety of
publications including "The New Yorker" and "Esquire". He drew two long-running comic strips:
"Tuffy" (1939-1949) and "Laugh It Off" (1958-1978). One of his recurring characters is a walrus-mustached
man. Hoff also drew political cartoons; was questioned by the FBI in 1952, but never formally charged,
nor blacklisted.
He used the pseudonym, A Redfield , for his radical works published in the
"Daily Worker," and "New Masses., " as well as for the
children's book "Mr. His" 1939.
Born: 1912, The Bronx, New York City, New York; died: 2004, Miami Beach, Florida.
George Houle
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
Palm Springs, California
SINCE 1976
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