A good number of original drawings from the Lee Lorenz estate are among the numerous offerings in the upcoming Swann Illustration auction. Mr. Lorenz was The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 – 1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 through 1997).
Here are just a few of the offerings:
A George Booth proposed cover from 1976…
This drawing from Robert Weber…published February 15, 1993. Caption: “Morning, E.J. Great hat.” 
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Book On The Horizon: Yinfan Huang
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Coming in June from Yinfan Huang, who began contributing to The New Yorker in March of 2021, Yellow Singing Sail: A Memoir Of an Only Child in China (Kids Can Press).
Visit Yinfan Huang’s website here.
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CBS Sunday Morning Looks At The Work Of Barbara Shermund
CBS Sunday Morning takes a look at the work of the late great Barbara Shermund on this week’s show (“The Trailblazing Cartoon Art of Barbara Shermund”).
Barbara Shermund’s A-Z Entry:
Barbara Shermund (self portrait shown here) Born, San Francisco. 1899. Studied at The California School of Fine Arts. Died, 1978, New Jersey. New Yorker work: June 13, 1925 thru September 16, 1944. 8 covers and 599 cartoons. Shermund’s post-New Yorker work was featured in Esquire. For more on Shermund see Liza Donnelly’s, “Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists” and Caitlin McGurk’s “Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund “(Fantagraphics)
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The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of May 19-23, 2025
An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features
Daily Cartoon: Emily Flake, Ali Solomon, Adam Douglas Thompson, J.A.K., Mads Horwath. See them here.
Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Vladimir Putin’s Dangerous Game”