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Oct 3, 2019 · Sylvester and the Magic Pebble is an award-winning children's picture book written and illustrated by William Steig, and published in 1969.
Jul 7, 2020 · English. 24 pages : 21 cm. Steig, illustrator and author of more than 30 children's books, is best known for writing Shrek, and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Includes index.
The collection consists of a piece of preliminary artwork and a dummy by cartoonist and children's author William Steig (1907-2003), for the book Sylvester the Magic Pebble (1969). Cite as [Description and date of item], [Box and folder number], William Steig illustrations, circa 1969, Free Library of Philadelphia, Children’s Literature ...
In 1939, Steig released his first collection of “symbolic drawings” inspired by psychoanalysis and modern art, which expanded the boundaries of cartoon art. At the time, the artist's early symbolic drawings were deemed too dark for The New Yorker, which published more lighthearted images.
Organized by the Jewish Museum in New York City, From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig, features a wide selection of original drawings for both his New Yorker cartoons and his children’s books such as Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor De Soto, Amos & Boris, Gorky Rises, Dominic, When Everybody Wore a Hat, and Shrek ...
William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist (whose work appeared regularly in The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post and many other magazines), illustrator and author of award-winning books for children, including Shrek!, on which the DreamWorks movies are based.
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Hailed as the "King of Cartoons", [6] Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine.
