MAD About Harvey

If I was in the New York City area, I’d go to this:

Official Press Release:

The Society of Illustrators Presents:

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman

A Retrospective at the Museum of American Illustration

NEW YORK, NY (February 19, 2013)… The Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators is proud to present “The Art of Harvey Kurtzman,” a diverse exhibition spanning the career of the man who created MAD and who had a broad and profound influence on American popular culture. This eight-week exhibit showcasing over 120 works will be on display March 6th through May 11th in the museum’s two-floor gallery in New York City’s Upper East Side.

Co-curators Monte Beauchamp (founder, editor, and designer of the comic art/illustration anthologies Blab! and Blab World), and publisher/cartoonist Denis Kitchen (co-author of The Art of Harvey Kurtzman and representative of the estate) have assembled the most comprehensive assemblage of Kurtzman art to date, culled from select private and family collections. Highlights include: Kurtzman life drawings from 1941; rarely-seen late “40s strips done for the New York Herald-Tribune as well as for Marvel’s Stan Lee; key covers, strips and full stories Kurtzman created for MAD, Frontline Combat, Two-Fisted Tales, Humbug and Help!, sometimes in collaboration with fellow comics geniuses Will Elder and Jack Davis. In addition, “Kurtzmania,” numerous rare artifacts and ancillary publications seldom seen by the public, will be on display.

EVENT: The Art of Harvey Kurtzman (120-Piece Exhibit)
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: Friday, March 8th, 2013, 6-9 PM
WHERE: Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NYC
FOR MORE INFORMATION: 212-838-2560 /// www.societyillustrators.org

About the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators

The Society of Illustrators, founded in 1901, is the oldest nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the art and appreciation of illustration in America. Prominent Society members have been Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell, among others. The Museum of American Illustration was established by the Society in 1981 and is located in the Society’s vintage 1875 carriage house building in mid-town Manhattan. It is open to the public free of charge on Tuesday, 10 am-8 pm; Wednesday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm; and Saturday, 12-4 pm.

To learn more about the Museum and the Society, visit www.societyillustrators.org or contact
Executive Director Anelle Miller at 212-838-2560 or anelle@societyillustrators.org.
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