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Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)
Illustration from A Hole Is to Dig.
art 
8 days ago by M.Leddy
Should I check e-mail?
A flow chart by Wendy McNaughton.
art  e-mail 
4 weeks ago by M.Leddy
Helen Cornell, FL7-7653-J
Joseph Cornell’s home address, in the 1940 New York City telephone directory.
art  JosephCornell  telephone 
6 weeks ago by M.Leddy
California cubism
On my first visit to Los Angeles last November, I paid a lot of attention to the signage.
art  LosAngeles  signage 
january 2012 by M.Leddy
Featured merchandise
“Large stores retain private forecasting services to know in advance which merchandise to feature.” A Golden Science illustration.
art  dowdyworld  weather 
december 2011 by M.Leddy
The Glasses, illustrated
David Richardson’s portraits of Salinger characters seem uncannily right.
art  Salinger 
december 2011 by M.Leddy
Twine and yarn
These balls and baskets are part of “Eames Words,” an exhibit focused on Charles and Ray Eameses’ “appreciation of the value of humble objects and useful tools.”
art  Eames  LosAngeles 
november 2011 by M.Leddy
Salinger, illustrated
David Richardson’s portraits of Glass family members.
art  Salinger 
november 2011 by M.Leddy
Jodi Birdwell
An artist’s work.
art 
november 2011 by M.Leddy
Bil Keane (1922–2011)
Bil Keane, creator of The Family Circus.
art  comics 
november 2011 by M.Leddy
Sam Fink (1916–2011)
Artist and calligrapher.
art  calligraphy 
november 2011 by M.Leddy
Happy Halloween
Ellsworth Kelly, all orange and black.
art  Halloween  orange 
november 2011 by M.Leddy
Treasures of the Bodleian
An online exhibit, an excellent rabbit-hole.
art  literature  museum  music 
october 2011 by M.Leddy
WEAPONS ARE PROHIBITED.
A sign in a museum.
art  museum  signage 
october 2011 by M.Leddy
Overheard
“If he hadn’t smoked cigarettes, he would have lived a lot longer.”
art  museum  overheard  smoking 
october 2011 by M.Leddy
Blue October
WPA poster: “A good time to Read!”
art  books  reading  WPA 
october 2011 by M.Leddy
On “Surf Board Riding.”
Thoughts on a 1918 textbook.
art  education 
september 2011 by M.Leddy
“Surf Board Riding.”
From a 1918 textbook.
art  education 
september 2011 by M.Leddy
Paul Chiappe’s pencil drawings
They look like eerie, blurred photographs.
art  drawing  pencils 
september 2011 by M.Leddy
September 11
Art by Thornton Dial.
art  9/11 
september 2011 by M.Leddy
Letter art
“From idiosyncratic letterheads to sketches, stamps, cartoons and multiple choice form letters, what do a letter’s illustrations reveal?”
art  letters 
august 2011 by M.Leddy
John Ashberys
John Ashbery sits next a Fairfield Porter painting he sat for.
art  JohnAshbery  painting  poetry 
august 2011 by M.Leddy
Hi and Lois watch
An empty canvas (or is it an empty frame)?
art  comics  Hi&Lois 
july 2011 by M.Leddy
Orange Crate Art: Cy Twombly (1928–2011)
I really like Cy Twombly.
art  painting 
july 2011 by M.Leddy
Two goose books
In 1994, George Bodmer made a picture book for his daughter. And now she has made one for him.
art  books 
june 2011 by M.Leddy
Lists at the Morgan Library
“Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.”
art  lists 
june 2011 by M.Leddy
The Steins collect
The Steins collect paintings on walls of painting.
art  GertrudeStein  painting 
june 2011 by M.Leddy
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog’s journey into the Chauvet cave
art  culture  time 
may 2011 by M.Leddy
Van Dyke Parks on Bananastan
“Not every record label has a logo designed by Art Spiegelman.”
art  music  VanDykeParks 
april 2011 by M.Leddy
Antique Packaging
Antique Packaging is a book of photographs of old cardboard boxes.
art  design 
april 2011 by M.Leddy
Random Title Exhibit Generator
“Apposite Banality: The Dysfunction of the Local”
art  words 
march 2011 by M.Leddy
Thornton Dial in Indianapolis
A retrospective of his art
art 
march 2011 by M.Leddy
IBEW logo
“It’s the juxtaposition of crackling electricity and proper attire that gets me.”
art  labor  logo 
february 2011 by M.Leddy
“Painters and Poets”
Three slideshows for “Tibor de Nagy Painters and Poets.”
art  painting  poetry 
february 2011 by M.Leddy
Pet Sounds cover, reimagined
Art by Andrew Kolb, from 33.3 Art Show of redesigned album covers
art  BeachBoys  music 
january 2011 by M.Leddy
"[A]rt's about limits"
Film critic Richard Schickel: "If I may just say so, I am so irritated with young people who proudly claim never to have seen a black-and-white movie. They don’t understand: art’s about limits. It’s not about limitlessness."
art  film 
december 2010 by M.Leddy
Caroline, yes
Caroline's Crayons, drawing again
art 
december 2010 by M.Leddy
Dik Browne’s Christmas cards
From the man who drew Hi and Lois
art  comics  Hi&Lois 
december 2010 by M.Leddy
Penguin Great Ideas, fifth series
New covers
art  books  design  Penguin 
august 2010 by M.Leddy
“Creative Personality Checklist”
Which pencil are you?
art  pencils 
august 2010 by M.Leddy
Richard Wollheim on looking at art
It takes hours to pay attention
art  attention 
july 2010 by M.Leddy
"R. Crumb's Depression Graph"
Tracking time, place, age, appearance, activities, mood
art  R.Crumb 
july 2010 by M.Leddy
Harvey Pekar (1939-2010)
A great chronicler of dailiness
art  comics  HarveyPekar 
july 2010 by M.Leddy
Telephone Brand Agar-Agar
From Thailand, in a beautiful package
art  design  telephone 
july 2010 by M.Leddy
Review: Liza Kirwin, Lists
Review of a book of artists' lists
analog  art  drawing  lists  painting  paper  pens  writing  pencils 
june 2010 by M.Leddy
Worry Wheel
By Andrew Kuo
art  worrying 
may 2010 by M.Leddy
David Hockney and the iPad
He's drawing on one
art  ipad 
may 2010 by M.Leddy
Greenwich Village and coffee house
Illustrations from Hart's Guide to New York City (1964)
art  NewYorkCity  1964 
april 2010 by M.Leddy
MOMA's @
The @ sign in the Museum of Modern Art
art  typography 
march 2010 by M.Leddy
Artists' lists
A Smithsonian exhibit
art  lists  to-do  writing 
march 2010 by M.Leddy
Caroline's Crayons' telegram story
A story in pictures, from Caroline's Crayons
art  crayons  technology 
february 2010 by M.Leddy
Solari e Tufte
Edward Tufte plans to repurpose Solari board as art
analog  art  digital  EdwardTufte  signage  trains 
january 2010 by M.Leddy
Geo-B's art
A hospital stay turned into pictures
art 
december 2009 by M.Leddy
Movie recommendation: Forever
Heddy Honigmann's documentary on Père-Lachaise
art  film  music  Proust 
december 2009 by M.Leddy
Sam FInk's letters
Letters from a 93-year-old illustrator
art  illustration  letters 
november 2009 by M.Leddy
Orange Caroline’s Crayons art
A lovely story in words and pictures
art 
november 2009 by M.Leddy
The Burt Britton Collection
Auction of self-portraits by actors, artists, athletes, musicians, photographers, and writers
art  culture  drawing  music  photography  writing 
september 2009 by M.Leddy
Stolen Mongols
Mongol pencils worth half a million pounds
art  pencils  writinginstruments 
september 2009 by M.Leddy
A riddle
An illuminated manuscript from the second grade
art  childhood  family  life 
august 2009 by M.Leddy
Dungarees
From Caroline's Crayons, a story in ten drawings and two photographs
art  life 
august 2009 by M.Leddy
More from The Book of Tea
"We see only our own image in the universe — our particular idiosyncrasies dictate the mode of our perceptions."
art  culture  tea 
july 2009 by M.Leddy
The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies
From the dowdy world
art  dowdyworld 
july 2009 by M.Leddy
Inspector Bucket
From "Dickens' Gallery," a cigarette card series
art  fiction 
april 2009 by M.Leddy
George Schneeman (1934–2009)
New York painter, obituary and slide show
art  painting 
january 2009 by M.Leddy
David Levine on enjoyment
"Enjoying is very important."
art  life 
january 2009 by M.Leddy
JANUARY (WPA Art Project)
A Year of Good . . . . Reading Ahead
art  books  reading 
january 2009 by M.Leddy
Orange crate art (Brown)
Illustration from an Encyclopedia Brown book
art  illustration  OrangeCrateArt 
november 2008 by M.Leddy
Grace Hartigan (1922-2008)
"Grace / to be born and live as variously as possible."
art  painting 
november 2008 by M.Leddy
Paintings and Proust
A new book on paintings in In Search of Lost Time
art  Proust 
november 2008 by M.Leddy
USA Arts
Streaming shows from Channel 13
art  culture  poetry  writing 
november 2008 by M.Leddy
A metaphor for painting
Barnett Newman on painting and baking
art  BarnettNewman  FrankO'Hara  painting 
november 2008 by M.Leddy
BOOBOOBOOBOOBOOBOO
Halloween art
art  Halloween 
november 2008 by M.Leddy
Invisible ink cigarette card
From the New York Public Library's Digital Gallery
art  ink  writing 
november 2008 by M.Leddy
Little Baby Turtle
Illustrated story, unbelievably cute!
art  life 
october 2008 by M.Leddy
John Ashbery's collages
His first showing
JohnAshbery  art 
september 2008 by M.Leddy
"[Y]ou feel sorry for them"
Maurice Sendak on awards and honors
art  MauriceSendak 
september 2008 by M.Leddy
Ben Sakoguchi's orange crate art
Modern culture in the form of produce crate labels
OrangeCrateArt  art 
july 2008 by M.Leddy
Orange flag art
Flag by Jasper Johns. Happy Fourth of July.
art  flag  JasperJohns 
july 2008 by M.Leddy
Art and frugal living
Excerpt from NPR story on older artists of modest means in NYC
art  frugality 
june 2008 by M.Leddy
The Vacation Reading Club
1939 WPA poster
books  reading  art 
may 2008 by M.Leddy
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