A Catalog Of Interest Back in the Fall of 1968, a truly fab exhibit of work by Ralph Barton, Miguel Covarrubias, and John Held, Jr. was held at the Providence, Rhode Island’s Museum of Art (the show later moved to the Art Gallery at SUNY, Potsdam, NY). The catalog, though small (7″ x 8 1/2″ and 83 pages) contains a
Read moreThe Cover: a sign o’ the times graduation piece by Anita Kunz. This is the tenth out the last eleven covers that is coronavirus-related. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: An even dozen cartoons & cartoonists, with a thirteenth, Ed Steed, as this week’s Spot drawing artist. The newbie in the crowd, Oren Bernstein, is the sixth new New Yorker cartoonist of
Read moreFrom The Art Contrarian, February 20, 2020, “John Held, Jr.’s Woodcut Style” — a quick look at a few of Mr. Held’s unique New Yorker contributions. John Held Jr.’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: John Held Jr (Photo from Sketchbook of American Humorists, 1938) Born, January 10, 1889, Salt Lake City, Utah. Died, 1958, Belmar, New Jersey. New Yorker work:
Read moreThe latest issue is themed: The Mind Issue. Don’t mind me if I zip through the issue this week. Seeing the cover pop up digitally this morning I immediately thought of Steinberg’s 1961 collection,The Labyrinth (I also thought how much I dislike seeing drawings of or photos of brains. Squeamish, I guess). This type of a cartoon-look-inside-the-head drawing goes way
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