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Photo, Print, Drawing Herr Adolf Hitler and Huey S. ("Hooey") Long versus Josef Stalin and Benito Mussolini

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Title

  • Herr Adolf Hitler and Huey S. ("Hooey") Long versus Josef Stalin and Benito Mussolini

Summary

  • German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, Russian dictator Josef Stalin, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, and ruthless, ambitious Louisiana statesman Huey Long are dressed as Napoleon Bonaparte. Stalin stands at ease with his hands behind his back, while the others imitate Napoleon's trademark gesture of one hand in his vest. Huey Long, holds a toy horse on rollers by a leash.

Names

  • Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957, artist

Created / Published

  • 1933 June [publication date]

Headings

  • -  Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945
  • -  Long, Huey Pierce,--1893-1935
  • -  Mussolini, Benito,--1883-1945
  • -  Stalin, Joseph,--1878-1953
  • -  Dictators--1930-1940

Format Headings

  • Caricatures--American--1930-1940.
  • Drawings--American--1930-1940.
  • Editorial cartoons--American--1930-1940.
  • Periodical illustrations--American--1930-1940.
  • Portrait drawings--American--1930-1940.

Genre

  • Caricatures--American--1930-1940
  • Drawings--American--1930-1940
  • Editorial cartoons--American--1930-1940
  • Periodical illustrations--American--1930-1940
  • Portrait drawings--American--1930-1940

Notes

  • -  Caption label from exhibit "Monstrous Craws...": Mexican caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) created this derisive group portrait of the three most powerful European dictators and Huey Long, United States senator from Louisiana, in 1933 for his celebrated series of "Impossible Interviews" published in Vanity Fair. Born in Mexico City, Covarrubias showed early artistic talent and in 1923, on a scholarship from the Mexican government, left for New York City, where he quickly gained a reputation as an accomplished caricaturist. By 1925, he had become one of Vanity Fair's principal contributors and as renowned as the men and women he drew. In his introduction to Covarrubias's first book, The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans (1925), performing arts critic Carl Van Vechten wrote, "At the present moment, Miguel Covarrubias is about as well known in New York as it would be possible for anyone to be."
  • -  No copyright information found with item.
  • -  Number 18 in the series of "Impossible Interviews."
  • -  Signed, upper right: COVARRUBIAS.
  • -  The following is a summary of the published dialogue: Huey Long orders Hitler to "Button up your Napoleon complex! They're taking our picture!" Hitler tells him not to be so boisterous (a Long trait) to which Long explains that his political career has advanced by his being loud. The Nazi dictator then asks him about the toy horse. His response, "That's my latest hobby...His name is State Banks. I always ride a hobby when I'm chasing votes," refers to Long's virtual control of the Louisiana state banking system and his success in keeping the failure rate, at a time when banks were in dire trouble, the lowest of anywhere in the country, albeit through coercive means. Hitler then inquires about the kingfish (a reference to Long's nickname) on Long's hat, to which he explains that the kingfish, his "favorite dish," is characterized by "a big mouth, [it] feeds on suckers, thrives best in mud and slime, and is very hard to catch," an appropriate description of the way in which Long was perceived by his opponents. Hitler, referring to his anti-Semitic beliefs replies, "Gefulltefisch is mine." Meanwhile, Mussolini asks Stalin why "these two Bismarck herrings" are having their picture taken with them. Stalin replies, "They are the comic relief, Benito!"
  • -  Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1659)
  • -  Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).
  • -  Published in: The image of America in caricature & cartoon / Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. Fort Worth : The Museum, 1975, p. 133.
  • -  Published in: Vanity Fair (New York), June, 1933.
  • -  Exhibit loan 4168-L.
  • -  Exhibited: Brooklyn Museum, "A Century of American Illustration," 1972; Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, "The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon," 1976.
  • -  Exhibited: "Monstrous Craws and Character Flaws: Masterpieces of Cartoon Caricature," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., February 25-July 1998.
  • -  Exhibited: "Genio Mexicano : The Exceptional Genius of Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957)" at The San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, July - October 2015.

Medium

  • 1 drawing : gouache on illustration board ; 44.6 x 38.4 cm. (sheet)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • SWANN - no. 1496 (C size) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature & cartoon (Library of Congress)

Repository

Digital Id

  • cph 3b48387 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48387
  • cph 3g01927 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g01927
  • ppmsc 05886 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.05886
  • cph 3c19783 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c19783

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2009616483

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsc-05886 (digital file from original) LC-USZC2-485 (color film copy slide) LC-USZC4-1927 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-119783 (b&w film copy neg.)

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