Drawing McCarthy /
"During a visit to her parents' house in Yonkers, New York, Pentagram's Emily Oberman made an unusual discovery: a cache of extraordinary pen-and-ink drawings made by her mother, the artist and illustrator Arline Simon, that depict the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954. Drawn directly fr...
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London ; New York :
Pentagram Design,
[2013]
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Pentagram papers ;
43. |
| Summary: | "During a visit to her parents' house in Yonkers, New York, Pentagram's Emily Oberman made an unusual discovery: a cache of extraordinary pen-and-ink drawings made by her mother, the artist and illustrator Arline Simon, that depict the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954. Drawn directly from the hearings as they aired on live television, the portraits brilliantly capture the likenesses of the key players in the proceedings, as well as the immediacy and impact of a watershed event that captivated the nation. The full series of 33 drawings have been collected in the new Pentagram Papers 43: Drawing McCarthy, designed by Oberman and published in advance of the 60th anniversary of the hearings next spring. The book includes an introductory essay by Victor Navasky, former editor of The Nation, current chair of the Columbia Journalism Review and author of Naming Names, the definitive account of the Hollywood blacklist and the Red Scare in 1950s America. Oberman contributes an essay about her mother."--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color portraits ; 21 cm. |