Denys Wortman’s New York TP

In 2008 Denys Wortman’s son donated an archive of over 5,000 pieces of original art to the school founded by James Sturm, The Center For Cartoon Studies. The younger Wortman also had drawers full of his father’s correspondences including letters and holiday cards from William Steig and Walt Disney. Wortman’s peers held him in the highest regard, yet his absence from both fine art and comics history is puzzling. Thus, Sturm and Brandon Elston set out to create a beautiful tribute to the forgotten master. Denys Wortman’s New York is not only a tribute to Wortman, but it is a tribute to New York, the city that sparked Wortman’s voracious creative output.