An interesting piece in the New York Times: Unearthing Rick Barton, a Boho Bard of North Beach, about a Beat-era artist whose work is now on view at the Morgan Library in NYC.

Rick Barton was a somewhat obscure artist who lived in San Francisco in the late 1950s and early 1960s, often sketching in cafes or on the street. His work is now being rediscovered: incredibly detailed drawings, some of which were done on long fold-out scrolls of Japanese paper, bound into folding books so he could work on them while out and about.

The Morgan Library is one of my favorite museums for spotting notebook-related art and curiosities, so I’m hoping I’ll have a chance to see this exhibition before it closes on 9/11/22.