Bidspirit auction | (HOLOCAUST) Rollin Kirby. “Via Dolorosa.”

(HOLOCAUST) Rollin Kirby. “Via Dolorosa.” Charcoal and pencil. Signed, titled and dated by the artist. Light wear. Matted. 14.5 x 18 inches. (New York): 1938 The American political cartoonist Rollin Kirby (1875-1952), the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, worked at the New York Mail, New York World and the New York Post. This large drawing is a prescient view, exposing the abuse of the Jews by German Nazis seven months prior to Kristallnacht. The American political cartoonist Rollin Kirby (1875-1952), the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, worked at the New York Mail, New York World and the New York Post. This large drawing is a prescient view, exposing the abuse of the Jews by German Nazis seven months prior to Kristallnacht.