{"id":134262,"date":"2019-03-07T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=134262"},"modified":"2019-03-07T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T18:06:22","slug":"r-crumbs-portraits-of-aline-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/07\/r-crumbs-portraits-of-aline-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Crumb\u2019s Portraits of Aline and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Whatever one thinks of his subject matter, it\u2019s difficult to deny R. Crumb\u2019s prodigiousness with the pencil. He\u2019s a master of crosshatching, and his illustrations and comics boil over with ideas, all sketched in his distinctive style: controlled yet frenzied, obsessed with proportion, often lewd and also oddly sweet. In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/6017\/r-crumb-the-art-of-comics-no-1-r-crumb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art of Comics interview<\/a>, Crumb hints at the birth of this style when he discusses how dropping acid for the first time fundamentally altered his work\u2014and his view of the world. \u201cI remember going to work that Monday, after taking LSD on Saturday, and it just seemed like a cardboard reality,\u201d he says. \u201cIt didn\u2019t seem real to me anymore. Seemed completely fake, only a paper-moon kind of world.\u201d In lieu of the real world, Crumb created his own realm, some twisted amalgam of past, present, and subconscious. A new show at David Zwirner, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidzwirner.com\/exhibitions\/drawing-print-mind-fucks-kultur-klashes-pulp-fiction-pulp-fact-illustrious-r-crumb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drawing for Print: Mind Fucks, Kultur Klashes, Pulp Fiction &amp; Pulp Fact by the Illustrious R. Crumb<\/a>,\u201d gives us a glimpse into Crumb\u2019s mind through comics tear sheets and rarely shown pages from his private sketchbooks. Perhaps most striking among the sketchbook selections are his portraits of Aline Kominsky-Crumb, his longtime creative partner and wife. Lost in thought, she stares out from the page. She relaxes on the couch with her eyes half closed. She reads in the sunshine, her \u201cass getting sunburned while posing.\u201d\u00a0In a body of work notable for its horniness, these pictures of Aline stand out for their care and tenderness. No matter how lost Crumb gets in his own world (t<\/em><em>he introduction to his Art of Comics interview notes that as he worked on<\/em>\u00a0The Book of Genesis,<em> \u201che pursued his vision in a desolate shelter in the mountains outside town, working for weeks without human contact\u201d), he can always return to Aline to get his bearings, to find his way through this cardboard reality. Images from the David Zwirner exhibition\u2014including a few of the Aline pages\u2014appear below.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134223\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134223\" class=\"wp-image-134223 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-9.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-9-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Page from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1979\u20131981. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1979\u20131981. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134240\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134240\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spread from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1971. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1971. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134222\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134222\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view, \u201cDrawing for Print: Mind Fucks, Kultur Klashes, Pulp Fiction &amp; Pulp Fact by the Illustrious R. Crumb,\u201d David Zwirner, New York, 2019. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134226\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134226\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-6-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Page from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1979\u20131981. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1979\u20131981. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134215\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134215\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view, \u201cDrawing for Print: Mind Fucks, Kultur Klashes, Pulp Fiction &amp; Pulp Fact by the Illustrious R. Crumb,\u201d David Zwirner, New York, 2019. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134242\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-11.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-11-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spread from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1971. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1971. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134237\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134237\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spread from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1971. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1971. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134225\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-7-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Page from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1979\u20131981. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1979\u20131981. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134220\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134220\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_12.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rcdz19show2019_install_12-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view, \u201cDrawing for Print: Mind Fucks, Kultur Klashes, Pulp Fiction &amp; Pulp Fact by the Illustrious R. Crumb,\u201d David Zwirner, New York, 2019. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134245\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134245\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Page from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1979\u20131981. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1979\u20131981. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134234\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134234\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1971-7-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spread from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1971. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1971. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134231\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134231\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-10.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sketchbook-1979-1981-10-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Page from R. Crumb, <em>Sketchbook<\/em>, 1979\u20131981. \u00a9 Robert Crumb, 1979\u20131981. Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new show at David Zwirner gives us a glimpse into Crumb\u2019s mind through rarely shown pages from his private sketchbooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2384],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-134262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-look","tag-r-crumb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>R. 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