From Stephen Nadler’s fun blog, Attempted Bloggery, December 21, 2012, “Peter Arno’s Mistletoe” The Arno drawing, once given to Richard Avedon by Tina Brown, was recently auctioned at Sotheby’s. It appeared in The New Yorker, December 26, 1942. (An Arno war time cover adorned the magazine that week as well).
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The Algonquin
The holiday season reminds me of the Algonquin Hotel, and once reminded I only have to look across my desk to the snowglobe pictured above. It was given to me years ago by friends who stayed at the hotel for a day or two. I threw together the little scene above for Ink Spillers. The snowglobe sits atop
Read moreNew Yorker Cartoons & war
Pictured above: a handful of World War II era publications from The New Yorker. Beginning at twelve o’clock high, with the red cover is The New Yorker Cartoons with The Talk of The Town (1945) — it’s the hard cover version of the New Yorker booklet to the left (cover by Alajalov). This is an exciting publication, chock full of great
Read moreFrom the Attic: Cobean, Ross, and Peter Arno
Here’re three more items that will soon be added to the Attic. Above: A Sam Cobean handkerchief. Other than Thurber I can’t think of another of the magazine’s cartoonists who was more fond of delving into the whole man/woman thing. Below: This Timex watch with an Al Ross drawing on its face is not very old,
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