Herblock's History:  Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium
Caricatures of Herblock

Herblock's History includes the following fifteen original works of caricature by many of the nation's top cartoonists in loving tribute to Herb Block and his remarkable career. The Library of Congress solicited these works specifically for this exhibition and all of the creators have generously donated their drawings to the Library for inclusion in the permanent collections.

 

Image of  Herblock painting McCarthy, Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton Image of Herblock

[Herblock painting McCarthy,
Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton
]
Ink and porous point pen on paper
Gift of Tony Auth, 2000 (144)
LC-USZ62-127450

Herblock, August 2000
Ink over graphite underdrawing
on layered paper
Gift of Jim Borgman, 2000 (131)
LC-USZ62-127438


Image of [Herblock as George Washington Image of Herb's Real Close Shave

[Herblock as George Washington] July 2000
Porous point pen over graphite underdrawing on paper
Gift of Paul and Kay Conrad, 2000 (127)
LC-USZ62-127334

Herb's Real Close Shave, August 2000
Ink and porous point pen over graphite underdrawing on paper
Gift of Jeff Danziger, 2000 (133)
LC-USZ62-127440


Image of [Herblock Image of [Herblock holding ink bottle with Clinton's head popping out of it

[Herblock], September 2000
Porous point pen and crayon on paper
Gift of Jules Feiffer, 2000 (149)
LC-USZ62-127448

[Herblock holding ink bottle with Clinton's head popping out of it] August, 2000
Ink and white out over graphite underdrawing on layered paper
Gift of Jack Higgins, 2000 (128)
LC-USZ62-127435


Image of The award winning original Herb dressing Image of Herb Block is the greatest man in the world

The award winning original Herb dressing, August 2000
Color laser jet print on salad dressing bottle Gift of Lynn Johnston, 2000 (150)
LC-USZ62-127447 (recto)
LC-USZ62-127443 (verso)

Herb Block is the greatest man in the world, September 2000
Photocopy and photo lithographic print with overlays and pencil on paper
Gift of Chuck Jones, 2000 (152)
LC-USZ62-127445


Image of Herb with famous early cartoon skewering Lincoln Image of  And they built the newspaper around him

Herb with famous early cartoon
skewering Lincoln

Ink and porous point pen with opaque white over graphite underdrawing with paste-on on paper
Gift of Mike Luckovich, 2000 (134)
LC-USZ62-127441

And they built the newspaper
around him
, August 2000
Charcoal over watercolor on paper
Gift of Pat Oliphant, 2000 (129)
LC-USZ62-127436


Image of Herblock Image of  This guy isn't recording history ... this guy is making history

Herblock
Porous point pen and opaque
white on paper
Gift of Mike Peters, 2000 (148)
LC-USZ62-127449

This guy isn't recording history
... this guy is making history

Ink and white out over graphite underdrawing with overlay
on duoshade paper
Gift of Joel Pett, 2000 (151)
LC-USZ62-127446


Image of [Herblock preparing to give Nixon a close shave Image of  Herblock as a balloon above Earth

[Herblock preparing to give Nixon
a close shave
], August 15, 2000
Ink over blue pencil underdrawing on layered paper
Gift of Ann Telnaes, 2000 (130)
LC-USZ62-127437

[Herblock as a balloon above Earth],
August 2000
Ink over graphite underdrawing on paper
Gift of Tom Toles, 2000 (132)
LC-USZ62-127439


Herblock: The Official Chronology
Ink and porous point pen on layered paper
Gift of Signe Wilkinson, 2000 (143)
LC-USZ62-127451

Image of Herblock: The Official Chronology

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