Attempted Bloggery On A Recently Auctioned Arno
From Attempted Bloggery, January 20, 2026,
“Peter Arno: A Bit Of Wisdom For Poffinger”
Stephen Nadler, the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain, and keen observer of NewYorkery art things auctioned, takes a look at a recent sale of a Peter Arno drawing that appeared in the magazine April 15, 1939.
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Peter Arno’s A-Z Entry:
Peter Arno Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr., January 8, 1904, New York City. Died February 22, 1968, Port Chester, NY. New Yorker work: 1925 -1968. Key collection: Ladies & Gentlemen (Simon & Schuster, 1951) The Foreword is by Arno. For far more on Arno please check out my biography of him, Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist (Regan Arts, 2016).
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Sarah Getz Guests On The Illustration Dept. Podcast
Sarah Getz, daughter of the late great New Yorker cover artist, Arthur Getz, speaks about her father’s life and work with Giuseppe Castellano on his Illustration Department Podcast. Listen here.
Arthur Getz’s A-Z Entry
Arthur Getz Born, Passaic, New Jersey, 1913; died, 1996. New Yorker work: 1938 -1988. Primarily a cover artist, he had one cartoon published: March 15, 1958. (You might say his career was a mirror image of George Price’s, who was one of the most prolific cartoonists, with over 1200 published, and one cover). According to the official Getz website, he was the most prolific of all New Yorker cover artists, having 213 appear during the fifty years he contributed to the magazine. The official Getz website, containing his biography: www.getzart.com/
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A New Yorker State Of Mind Dives Deep Into The Issue Of January 18, 1936
Once again, A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine does a splendid job of covering the content of a New Yorker issue from long ago. Read it here.
–Cover by Robert Day. His 4th of 8 New Yorker covers.
Robert Day (photo from This Week anthology, 1954) Born, 1900, San Bernardino, California. Died, February, 1985, Gravette, Arkansas. New Yorker work: 1931-1976 (8 covers and 1,789 cartoons). Collection: All Out For the Sack Race! (Random House, 1945)
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