Rea Irvin, who gave us the impossibly perfect Eustace Tilley (the top-hatted dandy on the first issue of The New Yorker, February 21, 1925) was no budding flower when Harold Ross hired him to guide the magazine’s art. Irvin was an established artist, with his cartoons and
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Rea Irvin Parodies His Eustace Tilley New Yorker Cover
An exceptionally generous friend of Ink Spill recently donated a bundle of rare New Yorker ephemera to the archives. I’ll post some from time-to-time, beginning with this wonderful parody of the New Yorker‘s very first cover. There have been a number of parodies of the Eustace Tilley cover over the years, but until this piece arrived in the mail I’d
Read moreNew Yorker Art Editors: James Geraghty, Albert Hubbell & Lee Lorenz
We conclude the Westport Historical Society bios from their current exhibit, Cover Story: The New Yorker in Westport with James Geraghty, Albert Hubbell and Lee Lorenz. The three share the distinction of overseeing The New Yorker‘s Art Department between 1939 through 1997. Mr. Hubbell holds a unique position as the only temporary Art editor in The New Yorker‘s
Read moreThe New Yorker’s 89th Anniversary Issue
A very happy 89th birthday to The New Yorker. While there’s no classic Eustace Tilley cover this year (the last time we saw Tilley as Rea Irvin* intended was in 2011, we do have, according to the Art Editor, Francoise Mouly, “the first published Tilley painted on an iPhone”; inside the magazine, not including the drawings on the
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