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Signe Wilkinson. Doodle for Hunger. Ink on paper. 9 x 12 Inches. Estimate: $100-$300. Condition: Fine. Tape residue on b...
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Signe WilkinsonDoodle for Hunger
Ink on paper
9 x 12 Inches
Estimate: $100-$300
Condition: Fine. Tape residue on bottom left corner
Signe Wilkinson (born July 25, 1959, in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the Philadelphia Daily News. Wilkinson is the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (1992) and was once named "the Pennsylvania state vegetable substitute" by the former speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She served as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists from 1994-1995. In 2005 she published a collection of her work entitled One Nation, Under Surveillance.
In 2007, Wilkinson began a syndicated daily comic strip, Family Tree, for United Media. She decided to end the strip in August 2011, with the last strip appearing on August 27.[1] In 2011, Wilkinson received a Visionary Woman Award from Moore College of Art & Design.
Benefiting St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters
Artists, entertainers, athletes, politicians, and business celebrities put their artistic and creative skills to good use by doodling. Proceeds from Doodle for Hunger allow St. Francis Food Pantries & Shelters to give support to a network of charitable programs that provide a broad range of services for those in need, including the provision of food, clothing, shelter, and related social services for the poor. Special conditions of sale apply.
The auction is offered on the Internet only and will close April 14, 2014, 10pm CT. For more information, contact Stephanie O'Barr, StephanieO@HA.com or 1.800.872.6467 x1807.
St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters: Mission Statement
St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters is established to alleviate the physical and emotional hunger of the poor and needy in a dignified and supportive manner. The St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters takes a comprehensive approach in providing and supporting services that eradicate not only hunger, but the structural causes of hunger. Working together with the staff and volunteers at various locations to promote emotional and physical well-being through programs sponsored by banks, hospitals, social service providers, and the corporate community, the St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters raises awareness of the needs within the community and forges new relationships.
In addition to feeding the hungry, the St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters works to eliminate hunger and its underlying causes by providing literacy programs, counseling for persons with addictions, support for victims of domestic violence, and training for those who help eradicate the various structural causes of hunger; each location has customized its program according to the needs of the local community.
Auction Info
2014 June 30 Doodle for Hunger Illustration Art Auction Benefiting St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelter #574 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
June, 2014
30th
Monday
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