Editorial cartoonist for the Sacramento Bee from 1938 to 1971 and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Original hand-inked cartoon on an off-white 11 x 15 sheet of artist’s cardstock, titled “Just to Keep the Record Straight,” showing an Uncle Sam–type character pulling back a curtain to reveal Joseph Stalin as the puppet master of the American Communist Party, originally signed in the lower left in black ink, “Newton Pratt,” and later signed and inscribed, “Best regards to Nohuke Tauska—Newton Pratt.” Original Sacramento Bee newspaper tag is affixed to reverse, dated September 16, 1939. In fine condition, with general wear and soiling from production use. RR Auction COA.
