O Garonga. 6 non-consecutive issues. by VALEN‚A, Francisco

Lisbon, n.pr., 1897-1898.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 6 issues. 8¡, unbound. Mimeographed. Profusely illustrated by Valena, with some hand-coloring. All text reproduced from Valena's manuscript words. Occasional light spotting or smearing of the printing, but generally fine condition. See details below. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITIONS. Six different issues of some of Valena's earliest published works, run off on a mimeograph machine. The earliest work by Valena listed in the Grande enciclopedia is O Chinelo, 1900. This collection of O Garonga has anno 1, n¼ 5 (25 October 1897, 8 pp.); anno 1, n¼ 6 (1 January 1898, 8 pp.); anno 2, n¼ 7 (10 January 1898, 8 pp.); anno 2, n¼ 8 (10 April 1898, 4 pp.); anno 2, n¼Ê9 (25 April 1898, 4 pp.); anno 2, n¼ 10 (25 May 1898, 4 pp.).Francisco Valena (1882Ð1962) was perhaps the most important twentieth-century Portuguese caricaturist. The article on him in the Grande enciclopŽdia portuguesa e brasileira notes that Valena was renowned in Portugal and abroad, comparing him to Bordalo Pinheiro, one of the geniuses of the art of caricature: "Durante toda a sua vida tem constantemente enriquecido com os seus desenhos n‹o s— inœmeras p‡ginas da grande maioria dos jornais e revistas de Portugal, como tambŽm de Frana, de Espanha e do Brasil. ƒ, tanto pela extens‹o da sua obra, como pela sua inten‹o art’stica e social, um dos maiores caricaturistas portugueses depois de Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, com o qual tem grandes afinidades...."Valena began his career in 1900, as director of O Chinelo, which he founded with AndrŽ Brun and writer Carlos Sim›es. Valena also founded Sal‹o c—mico (1902); Var›es assinalados (1909-1911 - winner of the ÒGrand PrixÓ in the Rio de Janeiro exposition of 1922-1923); and O Moscardo (1913). His work appeared in the following newspapers, journals, and reviews: A ComŽdia portuguesa (1902); Brasil-Portugal (1902-1909); Suplemento humor’stico do SŽculo (1904-1908); Novidades (1907); Ilustra‹o portuguesa (1906-1920); Tiro e sport (1906-1911); Arte musical (1907-1908); Alma nacional (1910); A S‡tira (1911); Eco art’stico (1914-1915); O teatro (1922-1923); Di‡rio de not’cias (the New York Times of Portugal; 1919-1924, 1930); O Mundo (1918-1924); Eco Art’stico (1914-1915); De Teatro (1922-1923); Repœblica (1918); Ilustra‹o (1926); Sempre fixe (for 30 years, starting in 1926); Alma nova (1922-1925); Portucale (Porto, 1930). He was artistic director of the weekly O Espectro (1925). Abroad, his work appeared in Rire (Paris), Boletin FermŽ (Barcelona), and many newspapers and reviews in Rio de Janeiro. Together with Carlos Sim›es, Valena produced the Cat‡logo c—mico, with send-ups of works by PortugalÕs serious artists shown in the Exposi‹o de Belas Artes in 1914-1919, 1923 and 1924.ValenaÕs illustrations appeared in numerous special Christmas issues of the Di‡rio de Not’cias and the ComŽrcio do Porto. He illustrated books for Em’lia de Sousa Costa, Julieta Ferr‹o, Alfredo Frana, Armando Ferreira, Augusto Cunha, Cruz Magalh‹es, Henrique Marques Junior, Lu’s Chaves, Magalh‹es Lima, Tom‡s de Ea Leal, and others.Original examples of ValenaÕs work are in the collections of the Museu de Arte Contempor‰nea, Lisbon; the Museu de Bragana; the Museu Municipal, Porto; the Museu Soares dos Reis, Porto; and the Getty Research Institute.*** See Grande enciclopedia XXXIII, 880 and Pamplona, Dicion‡rio de pintores e escultores portugueses V, 310. Not in Rafael and Santos, Jornais e revistas portugueses do sŽculo XIX. Not located in Porbase. Not located in Copac.