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Gene Markey: Three New York Dramatic Critics
In 1923, Gene Markey caricatured three well-known New York drama critics, two of whom regularly sat at the Algonquin Round Table. The critics are Robert Benchley, Percy Hammond, and Alexander...
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Gene Markey: Heywood Broun's Blight
Sportswriter, columnist, and Algonquin Round Table diner Heywood Broun is the subject of a published caricature by Gene Markey. The drawing is dated 1922, and it was collected in Markey's book Literary...
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May
Welcome to the merry, merry month of May!Eugène Grasset,Mai, 1894, reprinted 1895http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=2349++++++88+&refno=++684683&image=001514
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #472
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #472 for April 30, 2015. The drawing is by Liam Francis Walsh."See, now you can't label him a tree hugger."This one's debatable:"Quick, can...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #469
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #469 for April 6, 2015. The drawing is by Kaamran Hafeez."They call her the Apple Horse."Here are a few unused captions, pardner."I've...
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National Library Week: Whitney Darrow, Jr.
The Boeing 747 underwent its first flight in February of 1969 and entered commercial service the following year. Its distinctive four-engine design may have inspired Whitney Darrow, Jr. in his poster...
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National Library Week: Peter Max
Whitney Darrow's poster for National Library Week in 1969 was aimed at the youngest readers. For the slightly older crowd, there was a psychedelic poster by Peter Max. The book at the bottom of the...
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Income Tax Calculator: Bob Knox Original New Yorker Cover Art
Artist Bob Knox's 1989 New Yorker cover mixes the old and the new. An ancient abacus is enlisted to perform the calculations needed to complete the modern income tax return. Today, it is the paper form...
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City Cyclists: Charles Saxon Original New Yorker Cover Art
Charles Saxon takes the time to note what is going by, but do his cyclists have the time to see what they are passing? Saxon captures the architectural grandeur and ambient light of these upscale homes...
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Summer Idylls: Helen E. Hokinson New Yorker Cover Art
Helen E. Hokinson'sNew Yorker cover of August 21, 1948 is unusual in several respects. It is rendered delicately in just a single shade of red, perhaps in ink. The design includes four separate scenes,...
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A Look at the New Yorker's Eleventh Issue: May 2, 1925
Margaret Schloeman would create only two covers for the New Yorker, both of them outstanding. The first appears right here in the spring of 1925 but the second won't be published until 1931....
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Paul Degen Drawings
A number of drawings by Swiss illustrator Paul Degen were recently offered on eBay. They come out of the Westport estate of a New York publisher. One of the drawings bears a dedication "For Kurt all...
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Where's Miley?
Some may have noticed that an unusual thing happened this time around with my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #470 for April 13, 2015. My caption seems to bear a passing resemblance to...
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Income Tax Calculator: Bob Knox Original New Yorker Cover Art
Artist Bob Knox's 1989 New Yorker cover mixes the old and the new. An ancient abacus is enlisted to perform the calculations needed to complete the modern income tax return. Today, it is the paper form...
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City Cyclists: Charles Saxon Original New Yorker Cover Art
Charles Saxon takes the time to note what is going by, but do his cyclists have the time to see what they are passing? Saxon captures the architectural grandeur and ambient light of these upscale homes...
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Summer Idylls: Helen E. Hokinson New Yorker Cover Art
Helen E. Hokinson'sNew Yorker cover of August 21, 1948 is unusual in several respects. It is rendered delicately in just a single shade of red, perhaps in ink. The design includes four separate scenes,...
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The Greenwich Village Art Show: Helen E. Hokinson New Yorker Cover Art
The Greenwich Village Outdoor Art Show is a perennial New York event which takes place in the vicinity of Washington Square Park. Helen Hokinson's uptown matron seems a bit out of place down in the...
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A Look at the New Yorker's Ninth Issue: April 18, 1925
H. O. Hofman's first New Yorker cover plays to one of the magazine's strengths: its theatre coverage. Fred and Adele Astaire are captivating Broadway audiences in 1925 and this cover illustration may...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #470
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #470 for April 13, 2015. The drawing is by Frank Cotham."You know perfectly well there's nobody here named Miley."Alternatively, I thought of...
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Blog Post No. 1500: The Wisdom of Warren Buffett
How We Think About Market Fluctuations    A short quiz: If you plan to eat hamburgers throughout your life and are not a cattle producer, should you wish for higher or lower prices for beef?...
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