Original photograph of cartoonist Jules Feiffer, 1959

Jules Feiffer (subject)
Lew Parrella (photographer)

N.p. N.p., 1959. Vintage satin-finish photograph of acclaimed cartoonist and author Jules Feiffer at his drafting table in 1959—the year his newspaper cartoons became nationally syndicated. June 28, 1959, date stamp on the verso, along with the stamp of photographer Lew Parrella.

Feiffer has worked prolifically as a newspaper cartoonist, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and screenwriter throughout his six-decade career. He received the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1986, won an Academy Award for his 1960 animated short film, "Munro," in 1961, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Writers Guild of America in 2010.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

8 x 10 inches, archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 11 x 14 inches. About Near Fine.


[Book #162819]