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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing [Political cartoons by Pat Oliphant]

About this Item

Title

  • [Political cartoons by Pat Oliphant]

Summary

  • 459 political cartoon drawings by Pat Oliphant published in the Denver Post between 1966 and 1975, the Washington Star between 1975 and 1981, and independently between 1981 and 1997. This selection covers the presidencies of Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. In addition to focusing on the presidents themselves, Oliphant reacted to presidential elections. He also dealt with such American social and political issues as inflation, the 1970s oil crisis, the Watergate Affair, women's equality, the environment, Black Nationalism, the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Supreme Court. Additional focus is on international issues such as the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, Latin American political instability, nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union, China, terrorism, Israeli-Palestinian relations, the Yugoslav War, and the Persian Gulf War.

Names

  • Oliphant, Pat, 1935-, artist

Created / Published

  • [between 1966 and 1997]

Headings

  • -  International relations--1960-2000
  • -  Political elections--1960-2000
  • -  Politics & government--1960-2000
  • -  Economics & social conditions--1960-2000
  • -  Law & legal affairs--1960-2000

Format Headings

  • Editorial cartoons--American--1960-2000.
  • Ink drawings--1960-2000.

Genre

  • Editorial cartoons--American--1960-2000
  • Ink drawings--1960-2000

Notes

  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Container list: Oliphant.
  • -  Former curator Harry Katz, in consultation with Pat Oliphant, made a larger selection of drawings and placed them on deposit in 1997. In 1998, the Library acquired all of the art featured in the 1998 exhibition, Oliphant's Anthem: Pat Oliphant at the Library of Congress. The Library acquired additional art from the deposit through a purchase/gift agreement in 2003.
  • -  Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist Pat Oliphant had a 50-year career in the United States, actively working between 1964 and 2014. Born in Australia in 1935, he began working as a staff artist for the Adelaide Advertiser, earning a position on the editorial page by the time he was 22. In 1964, the Denver Post hired him to succeed Paul Conrad. A decade later, he moved to Washington, D.C., to join the staff of the Washington Star in 1975. He remained and worked as an independent artist after the paper folded in 1981. Although he never officially retired, Oliphant published his last cartoon on August 21, 2014.
  • -  Purchase; Pat Oliphant; 2018; (DLC/PP-2019:102, formerly deposit D029).

Medium

  • 459 drawings : mostly India ink over graphite ; sheets 30 x 45 cm and smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 15351 (FM -- A size) [P&P]

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020630418

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Call Number: LOT 15351 (FM -- A size) [P&P]
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Oliphant, Pat, Artist. Political cartoons by Pat Oliphant. , None. [Between 1966 and 1997] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020630418/.

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Oliphant, P. Political cartoons by Pat Oliphant. , None. [Between 1966 and 1997] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020630418/.

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Oliphant, Pat, Artist. Political cartoons by Pat Oliphant. [Between 1966 and 1997] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020630418/>.