New Yorker Cover Artist, Pierre Le-Tan: 1950-2019

This sad news via WWD, September 14, 2019: “Illustrator Pierre Le-Tan Dies”

To the left is Mr. Le-Tan’s first New Yorker cover. Below, his entry on the A-Z.

Pierre Le-Tan Born, Neuilly-sur-seine, France, 1950. Died, September 17, 2019.  New Yorker work: one drawing, June 14, 1976. Although his one cartoon technically qualifies him as a member of the Spill’s One Club, Mr. Le-Tan contributed 18 New Yorker covers between February 14, 1970 through April 27, 1987.

His one cartoon, a double page spread:

A New Yorker cover from April 9, 1979

Further Reading:

From Architectural Digest, September 20, 2019: “French Artist Pierre Le-Tan Leaves An Indelible Mark”

From  frenchculture. org, “In Memoriam: Pierre Le-Tan”

See his New Yorker covers here.

His Wikipedia entry here (translated).

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