Showing posts with label collage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collage. Show all posts

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Lászlo Roth: Still More Esquire Cartoons

The third and final installment of Lászlo Roth's 1950s color cartoons from Esquire once again shows the artist mixing his media and playing with collage. Roth's approach is fairly uncommon and may have been an attempt to define a distinctive visual style for himself. Once again, Jeff Nelson has provided the images.

"Darling, may I drag you home?"
Lászlo Roth

Esquire,
 September 1955, page 89
Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson


"Pop, can I have the camel tonight?"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire,
 June 1956, page 122
Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson


Camel Crossing
Lászlo Roth
Esquire,
 August 1956, page 60
Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson


Pepito's Steakhouse
Freshly Killed Beef Daily
Lászlo Roth
Esquire,
 June 1957, page 117
Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson





Pages from Esquire Classic:








Note:
  I offer my thanks once again to Jeff Nelson for furnishing us with the images of
Lászlo Roth's cartoons from Esquire. This is the fifth blog post to benefit from his efforts.



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Saturday, August 21, 2021

Lászlo Roth: More Esquire Cartoons

This week we have seen a single example of artist Lászlo Roth's work as a New Yorker spot illustrator dating from the 1970s. We have also seen a trio of his color Esquire cartoons published in the 1950s. Jeff Nelson has now come forward with four more of Roth's Esquire cartoons, each published in 1955. As with the cartoons shown in yesterday's post, they make use of a variety of unusual media and include elements of collage.

"Boss, everybody in the office chipped in so you could get a little practice. . . just in case!"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, February 1955, page 63

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson


"Will you stop drawing all over the wall!"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, April 1955, page 74

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson


"Furthermore, an apple a day keeps the doctor away!"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, May 1955, page 72

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson


"Bwango takes his wife everywhere[.]"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, August 1955, page 60

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson





Spread views from Esquire Classic:












Note:
  Once again I want to thank Jeff Nelson for providing the images by
Lászlo Roth from Esquire magazine.



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Friday, August 20, 2021

Lászlo Roth: Esquire Cartoons

Yesterday's post about illustrator Lászlo Roth identified him as a New Yorker spot artist. This prompted reader Jeff Nelson to shed some light on another aspect of Roth's career. Jeff sent in three vintage color cartoons from Esquire magazine. These were published between January 1955 and January 1957. They are noteworthy for their versatile technique and for the prominent and unusual use of collage elements in each of them.


"Adam, I'm turning over a new leaf today!"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, January 1955, page 47

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson



"How are you fixed for blades?"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire,
 May 1956, page 83
Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson



"I've been coming here for fifteen years and they haven't struck oil yet[.]"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, January 1957, page 90

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson




From Esquire Classic:







Note:  My sincere thanks go to contributor Jeff Nelson for allowing me to keep this Lászlo Roth appreciation going a bit longer.



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Sunday, November 25, 2018

Fred Marcellino's Book Cover for Thomas Pynchon's Slow Learner

Slow Learner is the self-deprecatory title of Thomas Pynchon's 1984 collection of his early short fiction. Fred Marcellino's cover illustration depicts a fountain pen seated on a bicycle. The background is airbrushed with the bicycle added as a collage element. The bicycle appears off center over toward the right to allow the background to wrap around the spine of the the book.

Fred Marcellino
Original art
Slow Learner (1984) by Thomas Pynchon

Fred Marcellino
Swann Galleries January 24, 2013
20th Century Illustration
Sale 2300 Lot 219

First Edition


Note:  Longtime readers may be wondering about the status of my anticipated interview with Thomas Pynchon. I'm still playing hard to get.


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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Ralph Steadman: A Collage for Stamp Out Art

One element of Ralph Steadman's art is collage, present in a great many works although seldom front and center. A postcard for Stamp Out Art (great name!) published by Culture Carriers (also a great name!) reproduces in black and white a collage which is every bit as unsettling as one of Mr. Steadman's drawings. The title, apparently never proofread, is Well alright—what's on telly then ! [sic]. I would interpret this image as an indictment of corporate culture, perhaps more specifically in the entertainment industry.

Ralph Steadman, Well alright—what's on telly then ! [sic]
Postcard for Stamp Out Art
Culture Carriers

Ralph Steadman, Well alright—what's on telly then ! [sic]
Verso of postcard for Stamp Out Art
Culture Carriers
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Ralph Steadman, Well alright—what's on telly then ! [sic]
Postcard for Stamp Out Art
Culture Carriers

Note:  Good news! "A Retrospective:  Ralph Steadman" is currently on view at the Society of Illustrators in Manhattan where it will remain through October 22.

I have been able to continue writing posts about Ralph Steadman for longer than I planned in part because readers have shared things with me that would otherwise be hidden to the world. If you can help out with images of original drawings, writings, or obscurities, please do so.


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