Cartooning
A fine archive of materials relating to the cartoonist Richard Guindon including about 30 letters and cards from Richard Guindon and/or his wives Cydney and Charlotte to Ida and Jesse Frankel, the correspondence ranging from 1966-90, most from the time Guindon spent travelling for "The Realist" in Greece, Egypt and Israel, retained copies of the Frankels' letters for 1967 and dated notes made from their telephone calls, clippings and articles relating to Guindon, some with comments by Guindon, copies of cartoons, a catalogue from the Flint Institute of Arts on "Richard Guindon 1981-1984," March-May 1985, inscribed on the upper cover to the Frankels, a poster "Smile" inscribed to the Frankels 10/1/66 (23 x 16 inches); 1979 Guindon calendar, inscribed; an inscribed copy of "Guindon" 1977, flyer for Elayne Galleries selling Guindon cartoons with a note by Guindon to the Frankels. a 1985 issue of "Monthly Detroit" with an article about Guindon a copy of "Cartoons by Guindon," (1980), title partially handcolored and inscribed "For Jesse and Ida, my friends, my inspiration, my family, my everything, Love, Richard," and two copies of "The World according to Carp," one INSCRIBED TO THE FRANKELS- THE DEDICATEES.
Various places: 1966-90.
Price: $750.00
About the item
1 vols. varios sizes. Cartooning. Some rubbing of binding,s light soiling, some of Frankel retained copies badly creased and torn, some browning of newpaper clippings, else a very good collection.
Item #39544
Richard Guindon, raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, went to New York in the 60's where he worked as a free-lance cartoonist. His cartoons appeared in "Playboy," "Esquire," "The Nation, "The Realist," and "Downbeat," to name a few. For a year he was travelling in Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Turkey as a cartoonist-correspondent for "The Realist." He returned to Minneapolis in 1968 after some 11 years there he moved on to the "Detroit Free Press."¶ Jesse Frankel was a Professor of Anthropology at Pace University in New York. He attended Cornell, CUNY (MS) and NYU (PhD) then taught at the New School, Cooper Union and NYU. He and his wife Ida were both deeply involved in the civil rights movement and "local progressive politics" in New York and were very interested in "examining aging and intergenerational conflict inspired by the cultural changes in the Sixties." (Anthropology Obits.) He died October 1996 and his wife three months later. While having no children of their own, it is apparently from this correspondence that Guindon was very close to them and they to him. They were the dedicatees of his "World according to Carp"