Jeff Koons: Lobster

Just a few steps north of the Park Avenue exhibition space used by Heritage Auctions is Bernardaud, a purveyor of fine Limoges porcelain in midtown. I was delighted to see a window display of the tableware company's collaboration with the artist Jeff Koons at its showroom. The work is a sizable piece called Lobster issued in a limited edition of 99. I am fascinated by Koons's serious approach to a playful subject: it took over eight years for his workshop to create this porcelain edition in the form of a cartoon crustacean pool inflatable.

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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #681

Grab a hold of my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #681 for the issue of October 14, 2019. The drawing is by Hartley Lin, who is new to this blog.

"Why did I ever think you'd do in a pinch?"

This caption didn't amuse anyone in my household except me:

"Why don't you just go and scuttle across the floors of silent seas?"

October 21, 2019 Update:  The Finalists

October 28 2019 Update:  I voted with Burien, although I do admire the ingenuity of Isleton.

November 4, 2019 Update:  The Winner

Note:  Last week cartoonist Danny Shanahan gave us a sopping wet bear taking a restaurant order. Towel off before reading Contest #680.


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Cape Cod 2019: Peter de Sève's Summer Getaway

"Summer Getaway" is the title of Peter de Sève's New Yorker cover of July 28, 2008. Titles add little if anything to the magazine's covers, but at least this one has a clever double meaning. 

Peter de Sève
"Summer Getaway"
The New Yorker, July 28, 2008

https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Puzzle-Company-Getaway/dp/B00B9HY1US

No surprise here:  "Summer Getaway" is also the title of the New York Puzzle Company's 500 piece jigsaw puzzle of the New Yorker cover. 

Peter de Sève
"Summer Getaway"The New Yorker, July 28, 2008
New York Puzzle Company

https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Puzzle-Company-Getaway/dp/B00B9HY1US

It's available for purchase on Amazon. It was also available as entertainment last week in our rental home on Cape Cod, where we traveled for what was a little too early to call a summer getaway.

Peter de Sève
"Summer Getaway"
The New Yorker, July 28, 2008
New York Puzzle Company

https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Puzzle-Company-Getaway/dp/B00B9HY1US

This puzzle as a work in progress may be seen here. Spoiler alert:  the full solution is about to be revealed below.

The puzzle solved:

Note:  Credit for the completion of this puzzle goes to my family and especially to my wife. I had nothing whatever to do with the days-long effort except for the photography.

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