Roz Chast

The Four Elements, 2013

Solarplate monoprint with hand coloring

Image size: 20" x 15 3/4"

Paper size: 30" x 22"

Estimated value $2500

Printed at CCP by Christopher Shore

Rosalind "Roz" Chast was born in Brooklyn, New York. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a B.F.A. in painting in 1977. After graduating in 1977 she returned to New York City, where she quickly established her cartooning career. Her cartoons and covers have appeared continuously in The New Yorker since 1978 as well as in numerous magazines through the years, including The Village Voice, National Lampoon, Scientific American, Harvard Business Review, Redbook and Mother Jones. In addition to collections of her New Yorker cartoons, Chast has written and illustrated a range of books. Her latest, Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York (2017), a personalized travel guide to New York City that began as a going-away present to her youngest child, who was moving from the family's home in Connecticut to attend SVA. Her first memoir, Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (2014) won a National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for a National Book Award. Roz has been inducted into The Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame, NYC and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013. She also holds Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Lesley University/Art Institute of Boston, MA, Dartmouth College, VT, and the Pratt Institute, NY.