From 1943’s Meet The Artist: Steinberg Some years back, hunting through the humor section of a (now closed) used book store in Ellsworth, Maine, I came upon a wonderful catalog, Meet The Artist: An exhibit of self-portraits by living American artists, published in 1943 for an exhibit at San Francisco’s M.H. de Young Memorial Museum. Among the exhibit’s 150 portraits
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An Upside Down New Yorker Cover And More From A New Yorker State Of Mind; Today’s Daily Cartoon & Cartoonist
Here’s a fun post from A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue of The New Yorker Magazine. The unusual cover art* is by the great Rea Irvin. Mr. Irvin’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Rea Irvin (Self portrait above right from Meet the Artist) Born, San Francisco, 1881; died in the Virgin Islands,1972. Irvin was the cover artist
Read moreThe Weekend Spill: The Online Watch, November 3-8, 2019; A Swann Galleries Teaser With Addams, Steinberg & More
The Online Watch: a listing of New Yorker cartoonists who’ve contributed to The Daily Cartoon and/or Daily Shouts, November 3-8, 2019. The Daily Cartoon: Jon Adams, Ward Sutton, Ali Solomon, Kim Warp, Lila Ash. Daily Shouts: David Ostow, J.A.K. (with Erin Chack), Teresa Burns Parkhurst. ________________________________ Swann Galleries December 10th Teaser The upcoming December 10th Swann Illustration catalog is not
Read moreLiza Donnelly At SXSW 2020; Peter Kuper In Conversation; Today’s Daily Cartoonist And Cartoon
Liza Donnelly, whose first cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1982, is scheduled to appear at SXSW 2020. Info here. Link to her website here. Ms. Donnelly’s Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists And Their Cartoons (Promethius) is a must have for every fan of New Yorker cartoons. ____________________________________________________________ Peter Kuper In Conversation Monday, November 4th Celebrating
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