Little Nemo in Slumberland: Climbing the Great North Pole

1907

Winsor McCay

Associated Names
Winsor McCay

Artist, American, 1869(?) - 1934

This is a drawing of a comic strip titled "Little Nemo in Slumberland." The comic depicts an arctic adventure with scenes of characters navigating through a snowy and icy landscape. The panels show icy staircases, frozen structures, and characters interacting with the environment. The artwork features fantastical elements such as spiral ice-like staircases and large arched ceilings covered in icicles. The black ink detailing emphasizes the contrast between the icy surroundings and the characters. Text likely accompanies the images in the panels to narrate the story.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink and brush and black ink over graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Richard S. Zeisler Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 70.49 x 54.61 cm (27 3/4 x 21 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 72.71 x 57.15 cm (28 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
    top section: 36.83 x 57.15 cm (14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
    bottom section: 35.88 x 57.15 cm (14 1/8 x 22 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.28.2

  • Series Title

    Little Nemo in Slumberland

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

by descent to Ray Winsor Moniz (grandson of the artist); by descent to Margaret Ann Moniz and Ann Winsor Moniz, Highland Falls, NY; purchased by NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

1976

  • O'Sullivan, Judith Roberts. The Art of Winsor Z. McCay (1971-1934). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Maryland, 1976, Vol. II, no. 876.

2000

  • Winsor McCay, Little Nemo 1905-1914, introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Germany: Taschen, 2000, no. 81.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and black ink: WINSOR / MCCAY; upper edge in pen and black ink: Print the Pole and figures in Black key plate only / the rest in the blue key plate; lower edge in pen and black ink: Print [the word "Use," scratched out] the figures and north pole in Black key plate only-the rest in the Blue key plate; lower right in graphite: Page 1 comic Sec-March 3-; upper right edge in graphite on attached taped tab; SNOW MACHINE; upper right edge in blue colored pencil: MAR 3

Wikidata ID

Q64640497

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