Wednesday Spill: Swann’s Jules Feiffer Auction Includes Work By Charles Addams, Alan Dunn, Lee Lorenz, Leo Cullum, Carl Rose, Jack Ziegler, Mischa Richter; A Steinberg Exhibit…”On The Table”

“Illustration Art: Featuring Highlights From The Collection Of Jules Feiffer” is on for June 20th. The collection contains numerous pieces by such New Yorker contributors as Charles Addams, Mick Stevens, Peter Kuper, Carl Rose, Edward Sorel, Mischa Richter, Leo Cullum, Roz Chast, Lee Lorenz, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Edward Koren, Wallace Morgan, Gahan Wilson, Alan Dunn, and John Held, Jr.. –above:

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Thurber Thursday: James The Thurb’s Algonquin Drawing

There are but seven illustrations in Frank Case’s 1938 Tales Of A Wayward Inn — the “Wayward Inn” being The Algonquin Hotel (Mr. Case owned the place back in the Round Table days). Below is one of the seven: James Thurber’s take on the Algonquin’s lounge. According to Harrison Kinney’s Thurber bio, Thurber only attended one Round Table gathering (along

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Wednesday Spill: “From Lines To Laughs: Women+ On Men” Exhibit Opens At The Society Of Illustrators; Personal History…”My Greatest Drawing Ever”

“From Lines To Laughs: Women+ On Men” Exhibit Opens At the Society Of Illustrators Opening today! An exhibit of work at The Society of Illustrators by the New Yorker artists listed below. Sarah Akinterinwa, Lila Ash, Ellie Black, Hilary Campbell, Roz Chast, Liza Donnelly, Liana Finck, Emily Flake, Helen Hokinson, Amy Hwang, Amy Kurzweil, Maggie Larson, Sara Lautman, Roberta Macdonald,

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