Our favorite artist is Natalie, the creator of the fantastic painting that permanently hangs in the Algonquin Hotel called “The Vicious Circle.” We got word from the talented painter and sculptor: she has her art in not one, but three, upcoming shows in the coming weeks. She uses an alias, Natalie Simon. Visit her blog…
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Al Hirschfeld Chair Rolls Over to NYPL
David Leopold, archivist of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, says that if the great illustrator didn’t draw your caricature in the 20th Century, you pretty much didn’t matter. Dorothy Parker had her likeness dipped in Hirschfeld ink several times, illustrations that appear today on the covers to Complete Stories and Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems…
More Parker Originals Added
We received photocopies of original Dorothy Parker material, as they appeared in magazines long ago. We’ve been scanning in a few at a time, so fans can see how they looked with the original illustrations. They are quite beautiful to see and read. “Paging St. Patrick” w/ illustration by Charles Baskerville; Life, 1922; “To Marjorie…