Man on Crutches
Datenot dated
Artist
Rea Irvin
(American illustrator, 1881–1972)
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified
MediumInk, watercolor, charcoal, graphite, and colored pencil on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 12 × 10 1/2 in. (30.5 × 26.7 cm)
sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (41.3 × 34.9 cm)
sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (41.3 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-81
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextCartoonist, illustrator, and graphic artist, Rea Irwin was known for his association with The New Yorker. After working as a catoonist in his native San Francisco, and then in New York, he was on the founding board of The New Yorker, and became its first art editor. He also produced 169 covers and many other illustrations for the magazine between 1925 and 1958. His characters were both simplified and exaggerated; his scenes exist in a largely flat space.
