Lot 6094: [ Original Comic Art ] Uncertified 1380852 Elmer Simms Campbell - Cuties Hand Colored Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 6-18-50 ( King Features Syndicate, 1950). E. Simms Campbell's use of gorgeous warm and cool watercolor hues adds even more

[ Original Comic Art ] Uncertified 1380852 Elmer Simms Campbell - Cuties Hand Colored Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 6-18-50 ( King Features Syndicate, 1950). E. Simms Campbell's use of gorgeous warm and cool watercolor hues adds even more glamour to this swanky nightclub scene. Campbell was one of the first successful African- American commercial artists in America, with a career spanning from the early thirties to the late sixties. When Russell Patterson told Campbell of his own success with good girl art, he also prompted Campbell to follow his lead. Campbell created the Harem Girls , for the debut issue of Esquire magazine in 1933. Campbell's work also appeared in Cosmopolitan , New Yorker , Sunday Pictorial Review, and Ebony . This cartoon has an image area of 9.5 x 12 , and the art is in Excellent condition.