Jim Flora

The mischievous and diabolic art of James Flora (1914-1998):
Glimpses of rare works from the archives
and news about Flora-related projects

Friday, July 9, 2010

typographical puzzler

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The above typography appears on the covers of at least three RCA Victor LPs from 1956 and 1957, one by pianist Hal Schaefer , another by pol...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Redskin Romp (typography)

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Hand-lettered typography from cover of Charlie Barnet 's 1955 compilation Redskin Romp 7" EP (also released as a 12" LP). Bar...
Saturday, July 3, 2010

science geek 5

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Detail, cover illustration, "Human Engineering: Tailoring the Machine to the Man," Research and Engineering magazine, February 19...
Thursday, July 1, 2010

Mexican cityscape (1967)

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Untitled Mexican motif, pen and ink (or tempera) on paper, 1967. The work was reproduced in our most recent book, The Sweetly Diabolic Art o...
Monday, June 21, 2010

The Fabulous Firework Family (cartoon)

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Flora's first children's book, published in 1955, was adapted for animation by UPA 's Terrytoons in 1959. It was directed by Al ...
Friday, June 18, 2010

New York in the 1950s

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One-half of an undated black and white business card (mock-up) from the 1950s. At the time, though he lived in Rowayton CT , Flora shared an...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Red Mike hunts the scissor boy

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Detail from title page, Charlie Yup and His Snip-Snap Boys , Flora's third children's book, 1959. That's Charlie, snipping away ...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Electromechanical Design

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Page from 1957 sales brochure for Electromechanical Design magazine. Flora illustrated an unknown number of covers for this (now long-defun...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Ohio

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This three-tiered montage appeared in Fortune magazine in 1947 as part of a 48-state series sponsored by the Container Corporation of Ameri...
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Jolly birthday

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Peter Ceragioli Jr. was born this day in 1932. You may not recognize this West Coast jazz pianist, accordionist, and composer by his birth n...
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

fishing in New Orleans

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Detail from a series of woodcuts Flora produced as a freelancer for the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati around 1940. They...
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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Benny Goodman @ 101

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Jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman , as portrayed by Flora for the March 1952 issue of Columbia's monthly Coda new release booklet. Goodman...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Charlie Yup (endpapers)

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Left half of endpaper, Charlie Yup and His Snip-Snap Boys , Flora's third children's book, published in 1959. This seems to be the r...
Friday, May 21, 2010

unfinished dancers

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Unfinished pencil and tempera sketch, ca. 1950-51 (Flora's Mexican sojourn), found in artist's notebook. There's no evidence the...
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Woody Herman

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Bandleader/clarinetist Woodrow Charles "Woody" Herman (1913-1987) rendered by Flora in the June 1946 issue of Columbia Records Di...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Mardi Gras Quartet

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Yesterday we (officially) launched our latest limited edition screen print series, Mardi Gras Quartet . (They've been "unofficially...
Friday, May 7, 2010

food chain 2

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Detail, Sherwood Walks Home , Flora's eighth children's book, 1966. We won't reveal the outcome, but we suspect the cat is the m...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

science geek 4

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Untitled acrylic on board, ca. mid-1960s. This modular work echoes illustrations Flora provided for the covers of Computer Design magazine ...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Fresh ink and Flora tattoo #2

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Some people dedicate their bodies to science. Shannon Wade , of Portland OR, dedicates hers to the art of Jim Flora. Not the first time, eit...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Le Sacre du Printemps

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Flora created the Columbia Records new release monthly Coda in early 1943 and illustrated most issues thru 1945 (after which the journal mo...
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