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Harvey Kurtzman Lithograph: Times Square S&N
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"TIMES SQUARE" LITHOGRAPH.
Signed & Numbered by HARVEY
KURTZMAN.
In 1960, at the height of his powers, legendary
cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman
(1924-1993) drew this deliriously
detailed panorama for Pageant Magazine. In 1975 the large
original was transformed into 500 exceptional prints by animator
Phil Kimmelman (who produced Kurtzman's ward-winning animated
shorts for Sesame Street). Kurtzman captured something
in 1960 that has long since vanished ---the original arcade
gallery.
Crammed full of patrons, pinball games
and mechanical arcade games from an era long before today's flashy
digital games, and drawn when New York City's Times
Square was still a cheesy place (in the best sense) this
print is a remarkable cultural snapshot of a lost era. We should
add, speaking of snapshots, that we've seen Kurtzman's research
photos, and this place actually existed, right down to
the grotesque rubber masks and fake headline machines.
This limited edition print sold out long
ago, and to our knowledge it is available nowhere else.
We still have a small number in our inventory. 16 inches x 21
inches, on heavy paper. Shipped flat between lots of protective
cardboard.
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