Gallery: New York Times Illustrations

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1 1989, Talking to Himself but Very Loud, The Chairman Unedited, Illustration for the Secret Speeches of Chairman Mao, 10 Dec 1989, Mixed media, 23cm x 17cm

2 1990, In Praise of Dullness, Illustration for the The Anatomy of Biblomania by Holbrook Jackson, 11 Feb 1990, Mixed media, 11cm x 15cm

3 1991, They Will Always Have Istanbul, Illustration for Siro by David Ignatius, 07 Apr 1991, Mixed media, 16cm x 13cm

4 1992, Halloween Without Fun, Illustration for Primitive People by Francine Prose, 05 Apr 1992, Mixed media, 20cm x 15cm

5 1992, The Word Love Had the Force of Kill, Illustration for Sylvia by Leonard Michaels, 20 Sept 1992, Mixed media, 10cm x 22cm

6 1993, Baby Boomer Blues, Illustration for Declining Fortunes by Katherine S Newman, 25 July 1993, Mixed media, 14cm x 12cm

7 1993, Brush Up Your Niebuhr, Illustration for Understanding the Present Science and the Soul of Modern Man by Bryan Appleyard, 05 July 1993, Mixed media, 14cm x 22cm

8 1993, The Cultivation of Hatred, Illustration for The Bourgeois Experience Victoria to Freud Volume 3 by Peter Gay, 05 Sept 1993, Mixed media, 18cm x 17cm

9 1993, To the Ruthless Belongs the Spoils, Illustration for A History of Warfare by John Keegan, 14 Nov 1993, Mixed media, 27cm x 27cm

10 1994, Another Wild Chase, Illustration for Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami, 02 Jan 1994, Mixed media, 12cm x 30cm

11 1994, He Steals From the Rich and Gives to the Hicks, Illustration for Merry Men by Carolyne Chute, 06 Feb 1994, Mixed media, 20cm x 30cm

This gallery highlights the best of Ian's original illustrations published by the New York Times Book Review. He worked as a freelance illustrator for them between 1989 and 1994. You can also see more illustrations in the archive including preliminary renderings he made for these illustrations. Please note that the illustrations on this page are from the original published images.