Dondi / Dad, You Promised!

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Dondi / Dad, You Promised!
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Dondi / Dad, You Promised!

Date1975
Artist (American cartoonist, 1918–2015)
Illustration Citation"Dondi," syndicated: appeared in Detroit Free Press, December 14, 1975
MediumInk, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensionssheet: 16 3/8 × 22 9/16 in. (41.6 × 57.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of John H. Remer, Jr., 1993
Object number1993-92
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextCartoonist Irwin Hasen was best known for his comic strip Dondi (1955-1986), which was distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate. The central character was a 5 year-old orphan rescued by American soldiers in Italy during World War II.