Harry Anderson’s Art for
Cosmopolitan Magazine
51 illustrations on this page!
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Located in January 2022:
The original art for COSMO March 1943!
Located in April 2014:
Harry’s January 1944 COSMO illustration!
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Harry’s very 1st COSMO illoe:
January 1942
The original art:
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Harry’s 2nd COSMO illoe:
March 1942
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January 1943 / Acquired Feb 2014
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November 1947 / Acquired Feb 2014
BELOW: The original art (notice how it was cropped when printed!)
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July 1944 / Acquired Nov 2013
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January 1950
I acquired this October 25th, 2013
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January 1945
I acquired this October 11th, 2013
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December 1949
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Art Wood’s Harry Anderson Original
Back in 1987 I visited the D.C. political cartoonist & art collector Art Wood — he owned 2 of Harry’s originals, but could only locate this one at the time:
A pic of me holding it in 1987:
**In June 2013 I finally found the issue where it was printed**!!
COSMOPOLITAN February 1948
This issue also had a 2nd story illustrated by Harry:
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COSMOPOLITAN January 1946
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COSMOPOLITAN August 1946 – 2 illustrations
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COSMOPOLITAN April 1950
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COSMOPOLITAN June 1948
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July 1948
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November 1943 – 3 illustrations
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September 1948
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October 1946 – 2 illustrations for “Kenny”
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March 1943
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November 1942
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February 1943
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August 1947 – 3 illustrations
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June 1946 / 2 illustrations
“Uncle William and the Demon Child”
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June 1949
Steve Rude gave me this b&w xerox 15 years ago…
…and in March 2013 I finally found it in color!
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September 1947
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September 1942
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COSMOPOLITAN – August 1942
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COSMOPOLITAN – July 1943
Cosmopolitan – September 1943
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Cosmopolitan – March 1944
(2 illustrations for this story)
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October 1944
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Cosmopolitan – February 1945
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Cosmopolitan – November 1949
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Cosmopolitan – June 1950
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Cosmopolitan – August 1950
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Cosmopolitan – December 1950
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Cosmopolitan – October 1950
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Cosmopolitan – February 1951
“The Long Green”
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(MORE TO COME???)
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