America's Best Cartoons, 1870-1989, to be Subject of Library of

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May 12 , 2006
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America's Best Cartoons, 1870-1989, to be Subject of Library ofCongress Exhibition in November"

Cartoon America: Highlights from the J. Arthur Wood Jr. CollectionOf Cartoon and Caricature" on View
Starting Nov. 2
WHAT: The exhibition "Cartoon America" features 70 of the best American cartoons from the 1870s through the 1980s selected from the J. Arthur Wood Jr. Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, includingworks by Thomas Nast, Rube Goldberg, Bill Mauldin, Paul Conrad, Pat Oliphant, Peter Arno, William Steig, Michael Hague, John Held, ChicYoung, Milt Caniff, Charles Schulz, Lynn Johnston, Walt DisneyProductions, Hanna-Barbera, David Levine and Al Hirschfeld.

This exhibition is a selection of highlights from a magnificent acquisition of more than 36,000 original cartoon drawings now housed in the Prints and Photographs Division. The J. Arthur Wood Jr. Collection of Cartoon and Caricature has come to the Library ofCongress through a gift-purchase agreement made possible in part by a generous contribution from H. Fred Krimendahl II, a member of theLibrary's Madison Council; funds provided by American taxpayers; and the generosity of Arthur Wood himself.

WHEN: Nov. 2, 2006, to Jan. 27, 2007
WHERE: The Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E.,Washington, D.C.

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ISSN 0731-3527