Lot 682: Rube Goldberg

Amusing pen and ink sketch entitled 'Foolish Questions-No. 1,000,104,' 6 x 6.5, signed in the lower right, "R. L. Goldberg." The cartoon shows an oafish boy wearing a beanie and striped trousers bending over an empty box asking, "Say, Boss, is this box empty?" His exasperated boss, leaning on a table, replies, "No, you pill-it's full of bald-headed sausage cakes." Attractively double-matted and framed to an overall size of 11.5 x 12. In fine condition. Foolish Questions was one of Goldberg's earliest 'regular' newspaper panels and brought him nationwide popularity.

Sketch