OBJECT LIST
All cartoons and drawings copyright by Pat Oliphant.
Cartoons created after 1980 appear courtesy of Universal Press
Syndicate.
All drawings in the exhibition are the gift of the Susan Conway Gallery in honor of the artist and are
in the collections of the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of
Congress, unless otherwise noted.
Library of Congress reproduction numbers are indicated by
"LC-USZ".
The Massed Congressional Choir
1998
Watercolor, acrylic, ink and graphite on artist board
Swann Fund Purchase
The Library of Congress
1998
Watercolor, acrylic, ink and pencil on artist board
Swann Fund Purchase
"They won't get us to the conference table . . . will
they?"
February 1, 1966
Ink over pencil with paste-ons on duoshade paper (1)
LC-USZ-62-120078
‘ . . . But first, let's hear your position on the Alaska
pipeline
and independent gas distributors!'
June 5, 1973
Ink over pencil with paste-ons on duoshade paper (2)
LC-USZ-62-120039
‘Politics is hell, Bebe!'
August 29, 1973
Ink over pencil with paste-on on duoshade paper (3)
LC-USZ-62-120047
‘Amateur!'
June 9, 1974
Ink over pencil with paste-on on duoshade paper (4)
LC-USZ-62-120048
‘First of all . . . Merry Christmas!'
October 27, 1974
Ink over pencil with paste-on on duoshade paper (5)
LC-USZ-62-120070
‘May I please have your undivided attention . . ?'
November 13, 1974
Ink and white out over pencil with paste-on on duoshade paper (6)
LC-USZ-62-120049
‘If this is the only safe thing we can do
to get back on the front pages, then I say let's do it!'
December 12, 1979
Ink over pencil on duoshade paper (7)
LC-USZ-62-120069
‘Whatever you say, Imam!
I guess you know what you're doing . . . . '
April 24, 1980
Ink and white out over pencil on duoshade paper (8)
LC-USZ-62-120069
‘Everything is under control—
go back to your designated shanties and slums!'
June 20, 1980
Ink and brush over pencil on duoshade paper (9)
LC-USZ-62-120068
‘Hold steady, men—our show of unity
seems to have them bamboozled.'
December 17, 1980
Ink, brush, and white out over pencil on duoshade paper (10)
LC-USZ-62-120052
‘Sí, Presidente Duarte, you can tell them
in Washington that El Salvador continues
to move steadily towards democracy. '
September 24, 1981
Ink over pencil on duoshade paper (11)
LC-USZ-62-120079
‘Sandra O'Connor, how plead you
to the heinous charge of secular womanism?'
September 10, 1981
Ink over pencil on duoshade paper (12)
LC-USZ-62-120050
Alliance for some sort of progress
February 26, 1982
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper (13)
LC-USZ-62-120055
Watchdog
December 21, 1982
Ink over pencil on layered paper (14)
LC-USZ-62-120062
[U.S. Embassy–Business as usual]
April 20, 1983
Ink over pencil on layered paper (15)
LC-USZ-62-120045
There he goes again
February 8, 1984
Ink over pencil on layered paper (16)
LC-USZ-62-120063
Let a thousand flowers bloom
March 25, 1986
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper (17)
LC-USZ-62-120043
[Watch my lips—I'm gonna be the environment
president!]
December 7, 1988
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (18)
LC-USZ-62-120044
[Destitute S&L please help]
January 13, 1989
Ink and white out on paper (19)
LC-USZ-62-120041
Remember Tiananmen Square
June 5, 1989
Ink, brush, and white out over pencil on layered paper board (20)
LC-USZ-62-120042
‘Hold it . . . wait for me!''
August 23, 1989
Ink, brush and white out over pencil on layered paper (21)
LC-USZ-62-120053
‘Tis the season to be jolly, my good man!
We won—did you know that? Capitalism is triumphant.
Communism lies in ruins. Our system prevails! We won! Smile!
December 8, 1989
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper (22)
LC-USZ-62-120040
[Fidel Castro building a sand castle]
January 10, 1990
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper (23)
LC-USZ-62-120031
‘How cozy it is on these cold winter evenings,
to snuggle down in front of TV and watch the war.'
January 22, 1991
IInk and white out over pencil on paper (24)
LC-USZ-62-120036
‘Oo! Is it too late to go back to sanctions?'
February 14, 1991
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (25)
LC-USZ-62-120033
[Jesse Helms attacks cultural funding]
March 6, 1992
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper (26)
LC-USZ-62-120030
The Democratic Field at this time
March 19, 1992
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (27)
LC-USZ-62-120029
[Free at last!]
April 30, 1992
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (28)
LC-USZ-62-120034
[Howdy! I'm Ross Perot and I'm running for
president.]
June 1, 1992
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper board
Swann Fund Purchase (29)
LC-USZ-62-120032
'Either all our chickens came home to roost,
or this is the Arkansas transition team.'
November 6, 1992
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (30)
LC-USZ-62-120065
It's reveille in America!
February 18, 1993
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (31)
LC-USZ-62-119294, LC-USZC4-5591
Nine lives and counting . . .
March 25, 1993
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (32)
LC-USZ-62-120046
‘Thank you for not interfering. '
April 15, 1993
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (33)
LC-USZ-62-120054
‘[I won't ask! Don't ask!
I mustn't ask! Don't ask!
I can't ask! Don't ask!
So don't ask! Don't ask!]'
July 10, 1993
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (34)
LC-USZ-62-120037
"[Rabin, Arafat, and dove of peace]"
September 14, 1993
Ink over pencil with paste-ons on duoshade paper
Swann Fund Purchase (35)
LC-USZ-62-120067
‘Now, tell the jury what you did
with the knife, Mrs. Bobbitt . . . '
January 12, 1994
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (37)
LC-USZ-62-120074
[Richard Nixon victory salute]
April 23, 1994
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper
Swann Fund Purchase (38)
LC-USZ-62-120072
RMN. Lest we forget
April 28, 1994
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper (39)
LC-USZ-62-120073
[Sit down, whoy don't you?
If you'll sit down,
then oi'll sit down,
then we'll be all sittin' down] September 2, 1994
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (40)
LC-USZ-62-120071
‘I've got an idea for ‘96 I go back,
I beg forgiveness, play the whole redemption bit,
the reformed underdog back from hell,
I get re-elected, we take over . . . '
September 17, 1994
Ink and white out on paper (41)
LC-USZ-62-120060
Off to the Revolution
January 6, 1995
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (42)
LC-USZ-62-120058
‘You may be the commanding general of Post 17
of the Grand Patriot Militia, but in this outfit
you're the private who takes the garbage to the dump!'
April 28, 1995
Ink and tonal film overlay on paper (43)
LC-USZ-62-120076
‘I was about to say that if ol' J. Edgar was still running
things,
we wouldn't be having this big image problem . . . but let it pass.'
May 11, 1995
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper (44)
LC-USZ-62-120038
"‘It's no good–I am who I am!'"
February 22, 1996
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (45)
LC-USZ-62-120059
[Powell]
November 13, 1974
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (46)
LC-USZ-62-120066
['I want to build a bridge!' said one]
October 21, 1996
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (47)
LC-USZ-62-120056
[Dole and Clinton: the pot calling the kettle black]
October 30, 1996
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (48)
LC-USZ-62-120077
The Flimflam Man [Bill Clinton], 1996
Charcoal on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (49)
[Mir Missionkontrol]
August 20, 1997
Ink and white out over pencil on paper (50)
LC-USZ-62-120035
[Hear the amazing Al Gore explanation machine]
August 28, 1997
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (51)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Influence
September 19, 1997
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (52)
LC-USZ-62-120075
[Budget Shell Game]
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (53)
LC-USZ-62-120061
Four More Years of Whomever [Clinton], 1996
Sketchbook
Pencil on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (54)
LC-USZ-62-120078
[Joe Camel], 1997
Sketchbook
Pencil on paper
Swann Fund Purchase (55)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Let the Peace Talks Begin, 1993
Sketchbook
Pencil on paper (56)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Make My Day, Saddam, 1996
Sketchbook
Pencil on paper (57)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Off to the Revolution, 1994
Sketchbook
Pencil on paper (58)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Where the Elephants Went to Die, 1996
Sketchbook
Pencil on paper (59)
LC-USZ-62-120078
[Buchanan and his Advisors], 1996
Sketchbook
Pencil on paper (60)
LC-USZ-62-120078
[Clinton the Bobby and Kuwait], 1996
Sketchbook
Pencil on paper (61)
LC-USZ-62-120078
A Small Bureaucracy, 1983–1985
Mixed media sculpture, Collection of the artist,
Courtesy of Susan Conway
Gallery, Washington, D.C. (62)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Anthem, 1997
Oil on canvas, Courtesy of The Louis P. Atkin
Family Collection of Works by Oliphant. (63)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Los Hermanos Penitentes, 1994
Monotype, Collection of the artist,
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (64)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Military Dance, 1986,
Bronze, Collection of the artist,
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington,
D.C. (65)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Patrick Moynihan—A Senator, 1991
Bronze, Collection of the artist,
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (66)
LC-USZ-62-120078
The Ancient One, 1994
Monotype, Collection of the artist,
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (67)
LC-USZ-62-120078
The Fixer (Clark Clifford), 1991
Bronze, Collection of the artist,
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (68)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Tip O'Neill, 1985,
Bronze, Collection of the artist,
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington,
D.C. (69)
LC-USZ-62-120078
Socks Goes to Washington, 11/30/92
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S1)
Here I am, a simple cat from Arkansas,
thrust up close to all the big questions
that face America in our time., 2/19/93
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S2)
Pardon me, Ma'am--I'm here on behalf of President Bill
to explain certain aspects of his proposed program
...May I come in?, 3/3/93
Ink and white out over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S3)
Tough news, Socks--your boss is withdrawing
your nomination to serve as First Cat., 6/3/93
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S4)
Sluuuuuurrrrrrp, 11/19/93
Ink and white out over pencil on layered paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S5)
Oh, no!--I'm subpoenaed
by that Mr. Fiske concerning the Madison S&L mess!
3/10/94
Ink and white out over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S6)
Did you see that on the TV news?
I'm so mad I could spit!!, 4/22/94
Ink and white out over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S7)
It's close to Halloween--
say somethin' scary., 10/20/94
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S8)
Look at that, Socks--they've closed down the government!,
11/15/95
Ink over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S9)
[Hillary Clinton as Lady MacBeth], 1/29/96
Ink and white out over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S10)
What? No, I did not write 'Primary Colors'!, 2/1/96
Ink over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S11)
Hidden amongst all those FBI files
is the name of the one person
they wanted to get somehting on...,
6/20/96
Ink and white out over pencil on paper
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S12)
Socks, why is the President looking so glum?, 8/19/96
Ink and white out over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S13)
Well, Socks, how does it feel to be re-elected First Cat?,
11/7/96
Ink and white out over pencil.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S14)
Ok, Socks, let's do one final Clinton assets check...ready?
10/28/96
Ink over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S15)
Have you slept in the Lincoln bed yet, Socks?, 3/3/97
Ink and white out over pencil on paper.
Courtesy of Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. (S16)
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