REA IRVIN

May 16, 2009

I was showing a customer the two Rea Irvin magazine covers that I have in the shop and it dawned on me that you might be interested in seeing them too. Irvin was an American artist and art director, best know as the first art director of The New Yorker. He also worked as an illustrator at the original Life magazine (not the later version).

Rea Irvin, Life, August 10, 1922. The Japanese American Number

Rea Irvin, The New Yorker, Oct 15, 1938.

The cover is too big for my scanner so a bit got cut off. Hope you enjoyed these.

Update: Thanks to Pollux for sending a link to Emily Gordon's article about Rea Irvin. Emdashes,- The New Yorker Between The Lines is Emily's blog where Pollux is a writer and cartoonist. The blog is a great read and a must for all things New Yorker.

Posted at 02:53 PM in ART BY TECHNIQUE: drawing, ARTIST: Rea Irvin, COLLECTING: matchbox labels | Permalink

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Love the blog entry! I'm a big fan of Irvin's work and admire his charming artistic style and prolific career! You have two great examples of his work!

Posted by: Pollux | May 18, 2009 at 03:24 PM

Thanks Pollux. I love them too. They are so different, yet both so exciting.

Posted by: liza | May 18, 2009 at 05:49 PM

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