A Group…Arno, Arno, Sorel, Koren
This see-sawing weather day (cloudless, cloudy, warm, chilly) seemed a good time to put together another group of New Yorker folks. From the top left: an original sketch page (undated) by Peter Arno, a brochure from a 1980 Ed Arno exhibit, an original Ah-nold Schwartzenegger piece by Edward Sorel (I believe it appeared in Vanity Fair), and in the foreground, Edward Koren’s first book, Don’t Talk To Strange Bears.
Some thoughts on each artist…
A long time back, I made a stab at comparing Peter Arno and Ed Arno (you can read that here).
Although the Ed Arno opening for the exhibit was 44 years ago, I remember it as if it was a few hours ago. I believe it was one of, if not the very first New Yorker solo exhibits I ever attended. Was such a thrill meeting Mr. Arno (after introducing myself to him, he told me my surname meant “grape” in some other language. Have never followed up on that).
Here’re a couple of pages from the brochure (Brendan Gill wrote a piece for it, but I hesitate to show it here due to rights concerns).
Edward Sorel has a big birthday coming up on March 26th — he’ll be 95. The Spill will note the occasion on that day. In the meantime, be sure to check out his website here.
I’m happy to say that in just a few weeks, as we enter April, the Spill will run another “Haiku Dialogues” piece by Edward Koren’s dear friend, Howard Norman. You can read the first piece here.