Category: New York Daily News
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Joseph Papin – John Gotti et al 1986 trial
This drawing by Joseph Papin is an interesting one – it reads, “Attorneys protest press coverage with clippings and front pages.” The people pictured are Judge Eugene H. Nickerson, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn Federal Court; from left to right, Richard Rehbock, attorney for defendant Wilfred Johnson; Barry Slotnick, one…
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Joseph Papin – Chelsea in NYC – 40 years ago
Karen Green is the Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University Libraries who coordinated the Papin family donation of Joseph Papin’s extensive collection of NYC drawings and papers to Columbia. She recently took some lovely photographs in Chelsea and I was reminded of some of Joe Papin’s drawings of Chelsea that ran in the…
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Joseph Papin Portfolios – a selection of drawings
The following are portfolio pages from a variety of publications and subjects: Views: 980
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Joseph Papin at the Wedtech Trial – NY Daily News and the Riverdale Press
Joseph Papin covered the Wedtech Trial for both the Daily News and the Riverdale Press. His drawing of the courtroom below is one of the ones that he drew from an overhead perspective while sitting at ground level: Daily News: August 5, 1988 “The Defendants Listen as jury forewoman reads the verdicts.” Joe Papin’s political…
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Joseph Papin – Photostats
Joseph Papin had a quite a few photostats of his drawings. He often had both a “white lines on black background” version of the drawing, as well as the more familiar “black lines on white background” version. These photostats are of his earlier work from 1957 through the 1960s, with at least a couple in…
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Joseph Papin Daily News Zinc Printing Plates
The last post showed photoengraved zinc printing plates mounted on wood. They were from 1967 and were printed as relief (also known as letterpress) prints, i.e., the words and lines of the drawing are higher than the plate itself. Some of the plates were also unmounted zinc plates, and later, magnesium printing plates: For example,…
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Joseph Papin Printing Plates
The 50s to the 90s were marked by a revolution in printing – from “hot type” using molten lead and photoengraving to “cold type” using computers. I found a box of printing plates of some of my father’s drawings in his studio and was intrigued with learning how they were used. The printing plate below…