{"product_id":"the-stag-at-eve-1931-risque-new-yorker-cartoons","title":"The Stag at Eve: A 1931 Collection of Risqué Cartoons by a Roster of Artists associated with The New Yorker.","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1931, there were things even \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/em\u003ewouldn’t print. Some of them found a home here. Published by Farrar \u0026amp; Rinehart, \u003cem\u003eThe Stag at Eve\u003c\/em\u003e brought together a distinguished company of cartoonists indulging their less restrained instincts. Contributors include William Steig, Otto Soglow, Gardner Rea, Barbara Shermund, and other masters of the well-placed line and raised eyebrow. Their subject was human behavior – particularly the sort that polite company preferred to discuss after polite company had left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a mischievous souvenir of sophisticated New York between the wars, when a suggestive drawing could provoke a blush, a laugh, or an official objection. Its reputation traveled overseas, where a British publisher removed some of the more provocative cartoons. According to a contemporary report in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, a copy of that edited edition was then mailed back to America, and stopped by U.S. Customs as obscene. Apparently, even the cleaned-up version needed cleaning up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book had admirers in unexpected places. Contributor I. Klein later recalled Walt Disney mentioning that he had seen Klein’s cartoons in its pages. “Naughty, naughty,” Disney teased, with a wink. A 1935 \u003cem\u003eHarvard Crimson \u003c\/em\u003ereview remembered the book as a sensation that inspired inferior imitations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn November 1932, The New Yorker reported that a British publisher removed some of the more provocative drawings for an English edition. When a copy of that cleaned-up version was mailed back to the American publishers, U.S. Customs banned its entry as obscene. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, its appeal lies in the company it keeps: accomplished artists, period wit, and a cheerful willingness to test the boundaries of respectability. An entertaining addition to a collector’s library, a conversation piece beside the cocktail tray, or a gift for someone whose sense of humor has never required official approval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal 1931 printing by Farrar \u0026amp; Rinehart, New York.  Previously Owned.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HISTORY COMPANY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50921254748418,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0076\/7102\/1621\/files\/the-stag-at-eve-vintage-orange-hardcover-book-front-cover.png?v=1793379299","url":"https:\/\/www.historycompany.com\/products\/the-stag-at-eve-1931-risque-new-yorker-cartoons","provider":"HISTORY COMPANY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}