Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ezra Keats at The Jewish Museum

Ezra Jack Keats
“They were getting close to home when Ziggie finally dropped the rope”
Final illustration for Regards to the Man in the Moon, 1981

i recently checked out this show at The Jewish Museum. it was fantastic to see the original paintings and collages. there were a lot of collaged elements in the paintings; swatches of fabric, shards of newspaper, scraps of magazines and ads and hand made marbled paper. at the end of the exhibition was a cute, little reading area that included his books and others'. it was great to see how the original pieces translated into books.



Ezra Jack Keats
“Crunch, crunch, crunch, his feet sank into the snow”
Final illustration for The Snowy Day, 1962




Ezra Jack Keats
“Peter’s mother asked him and Willie to go on an errand to the grocery store”
Final illustration for Whistle for Willie, 1964




Ezra Jack Keats
“On his way to meet Peter, Archie saw someone new on the block”
Final illustration for Hi Cat!, 1970




Ezra Jack Keats
“ . . . weave for us a garment of brightness (American Indian, Tewa Pueblo)”
Final illustration for God Is in the Mountain, 1966



Ezra Jack Keats, Dust jacket
Final illustration for A Letter to Amy, 1968
Watercolor, collage and paint on board, 10 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.







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