Original art humorous cartoon by the prolific American cartoonist and painter Denys Wortman. A well-to-do couple visits an antique shop with an eccentric assortment of knick-knacks and asks, "If you will make it look like new and guarantee it to be old I'll take it."

Denys Wortman created this cartoon for The World-Telegram in New York, where he worked from 1924 to 1954, producing a strip called "Metropolitan Movies," which featured the characters Mopey Dick and the Duke, two good-natured vagrants. His cartoons were both humorous and compassionate. They commented on the political and social issues of the day, chronicling the Depression, World War II and the early post-war years. His cartoons also appeared in other publications, such as the New Yorker and Life magazines. Wortman studied under Ash Can School painter Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller and exhibited in the famous Armory Show in 1913. After 1941, he worked mostly out of his home in Martha's Vineyard.

Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall toning and scattered light soiling associated with working illustration art. Light wear to corners.

Reference:

Wortman, Denys VIII. "About Denys Wortman." http://www.dwortman.com/about_denys.htm (23 January 2003).