Lot 276: HAYNIE, HUGH SMITH. 1927-1999. "NEWSLEAK," July 2, 1961; and "Now They're Going Into The Stretch," May 23, 1963. 2 original political cartoons, depicting JFK,

HAYNIE, HUGH SMITH. 1927-1999.
"NEWSLEAK," July 2, 1961; and "Now They're Going Into The Stretch," May 23, 1963. 2 original political cartoons, depicting JFK, ink and white paint on illustration board with prepared halftone shading strips. Each 17 x 12 inches, framed.
Provenance: Sue Mortensen Vogelsinger.

Both warmly inscribed, the second with the dedication: "For Sue and Bruce--And in loving memory of all our nags which did this in the 89th Kentucky Derby. Hugh." From 1958 until 1996, Virginia-born red-headed Haynie was the chief political cartoonist of the Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal. Like Al Hirschfeld and his daughter Nina, Haynie hid his wife's name, Lois, somewhere in his drawings. (One day he forgot to include it in his cartoon, and he was deluged with calls from people wanting to know if she had died.) Winner of numerous awards, Haynie withdrew from consideration for the Pulitzer Prize in favor of another artist. Haynie is best remembered for his scathing cartoons of President Richard M. Nixon and the famous Christmas cartoon "Now, let's see, have I forgotten anyone?" (the spirit of Jesus Christ hovers near a pile of holiday packages) that was at first rejected and eventually reprinted annually in the Courier-Journal. He so offended Nixon that he put Haynie on his Enemies List. In "NEWSLEAK," Soviet dictator Nikita Khruschev throws sudsy water over the logo, spilling on a cringing JFK; and "Now They're Going Into The Stretch" shows President Kennedy as a jockey, vainly trying to get the Democratic Donkey ("Congressional Leadership") back in the race. "Lois" can be found on the second spire. Mrs. Ferguson explains in a note in ink on the back of the framing of this cartoon: "Hugh Haynie and his wife, Lois, were good friends. He was an award winning editorial cartoonist for the Louisville Courier -Journal. JFK loved his cartoons." This cartoon was syndicated to a number of newspapers, and also appeared in the Rochester Chronicle, on May 23rd, 1963.