You are bidding on this 15” by 20” (overall), 10” by 11” (drawing), ORIGINAL (not a print or copy) pen and ink political cartoon, editorial art drawing by Eugene Gray Payne, the Pulitzer Prize winning artist for the Charlotte (NC) Observer. This is drawn on Crescent Illustration Board No 300. This is titled “Christmas of ‘78” and is blue-pencil dated Dec 21-78; a commentary on the growing inflation rate that led to the 1980’s recession and ultimately the downfall of Jimmy Carter – and the election of Reagan. Very good collectible condition – light age tanning on the edges, minor correction marks, but no major flaws. No reserve for this Eugene Payne, political cartoon art collectible.

Payne studied illustration at Syracuse University in New York. During World War II, he served with the crew of a B-24 weather scouter. After the war, he worked as a free-lance artist, and also drove a milk wagon. He went to work for the Charlotte Observer starting in 1958. A year later, he moved to Birmingham, to work for the Birmingham News, but returned to Charlotte a year later. He won the 1967 Sigma Delta Chi award for cartooning, and soon thereafter won Pulitzer prize for cartooning in 1968. In 1971, he left the Observer to work for WSOC-TV, but returned again to the Observer in 1978. Over the course of his career, Payne traveled to the White House on more than one occasion to meet with presidents Nixon and Ford. He also received several notes and letters from these and other political figures, complimenting him on his artistic work in portraying them in the media. A collection of his cartoons for the Charlotte Observer are housed at the J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, UNC Charlotte. (information from the library's website).


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