Animal farm / Herblock. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Animal farm / Herblock. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Herblock, the longtime editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, drew this ink-and-graphite piece titled "Animal Farm," a reference to George Orwell's 1945 satirical novel in which farm animals overthrow their owners only to be ruled by a new class of pigs. The drawing uses that allegory to comment on socialism and social class in the 1960s, with swine standing in for the political elite. Its layered construction, with opaque white laid over a graphite underdrawing, shows how carefully the cartoonist built up his images before the final ink work.
| Medium | 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 54.5 x 35.4 cm. (sheet) |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1961. |
| Subjects | Social classes--1960-1970. Socialism--1960-1970. Swine--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-202964 |
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