Caricature of S. J. Perelman
David Levine deploys an amazing variety of lines to portray the strong features of the American humorist S. J. Perelman (1904–1979)—the bushy eyebrows, large bespectacled eyes, prominent nose, moustache, cleft chin, and asymmetrically shaped head. Note the use of thick, thin, curved, and straight lines, and parallel hatching. Beginning in 1963, Levine’s insightful drawings of leading writers and public figures were a defining feature of The New York Review of Books for more than four decades and brought him international acclaim.
David Levine deploys an amazing variety of lines to portray the strong features of the American humorist S. J. Perelman (1904–1979)—the bushy eyebrows, large bespectacled eyes, prominent nose, moustache, cleft chin, and asymmetrically shaped head. Note the use of thick, thin, curved, and straight lines, and parallel hatching. Beginning in 1963, Levine’s insightful drawings of leading writers and public figures were a defining feature of <em>The New York Review of Books</em> for more than four decades and brought him international acclaim.