O Garonga. 3 issues.

Lisbon, , 1898.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 3 issues. 8°, unbound, mimeographed. Profusely illustrated by Valença, with some hand-coloring. All text handwritten. Generally fine, with occasional light spotting or smearing of the printing. See details below. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITIONS. Three different issues of some of Valença's earliest published works, run off on a mimeograph machine. The earliest work by Valença listed in the Grande enciclopedia is O Chinelo, 1900. In this collection: O Garonga, anno 2, nº 8 (10 April 1898, 4 pp.); anno 2, nº 9 (25 April 1898, 4 pp.); anno 2, nº 10 (25 May 1898, 4 pp.).Francisco Valença (1882–1962) was perhaps the most important twentieth-century Portuguese caricaturist. The article on him in the Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira notes that Valença 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 não só inúmeras páginas da grande maioria dos jornais e revistas de Portugal, com também de França, de Espanha e do Brasil. É, tanto pela extensão da sua obra, como pela sua intenção artística e social, um dos maiores caricaturistas portugueses depois de Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, com o qual tem grandes afinidades. ..."Valença began his career in 1900, as director of O Chinelo, which he founded with André Brun and writer Carlos Simões. Valença also founded Salão cómico (1902); Varões assinalados (1909-1911 - winner of the “Grand Prix” in the Rio de Janeiro exposition of 1922-1923); and O Moscardo (1913). His work appeared in the following newspapers, journals, and reviews: A Comédia portuguesa (1902); Brasil-Portugal (1902-1909); Suplemento humorístico do Século (1904-1908); Novidades (1907); Ilustração portuguesa (1906-1920); Tiro e sport (1906-1911); Arte musical (1907-1908); Alma nacional (1910); A Sátira (1911); Eco artístico (1914-1915); O teatro (1922-1923); Diário de notícias (the New York Times of Portugal; 1919-1924, 1930); O Mundo (1918-1924); Eco Artístico (1914-1915); De Teatro (1922-1923); República (1918); Ilustração (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 Fermé (Barcelona); and many newspapers and reviews in Rio de Janeiro. Together with Carlos Simões, Valença produced the Catálogo cómico, with send-ups of works by Portugal’s serious artists shown in the Exposição de Belas Artes in 1914-1919, 1923 and 1924.Valença’s illustrations appeared in numerous special Christmas issues of the Diário de Notícias and the Comércio do Porto. He illustrated books for Emília de Sousa Costa, Julieta Ferrão, Alfredo França, Armando Ferreira, Augusto Cunha, Cruz Magalhães, Henrique Marques Junior, Luís Chaves, Magalhães Lima, Tomás de Eça Leal, and others.Original examples of Valença’s work are in the collections of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon; the Museu de Bragança; the Museu Municipal, Porto; the Museu Soares dos Reis, Porto; and the Getty Center.*** See Grande enciclopedia XXXIII, 880 and Pamplona, Dicionário de pintores e escultores portugueses [1987-88] V, 310. Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc.