Edward Sorel and Bruce McCall at "Covering The New Yorker"

"Covering The New Yorker," the exhibition now hanging at L'Alliance New York, spans some three decades of original New Yorker cover art. Edward Sorel and Bruce McCall are represented by two covers each. All works in the show are loaned by the artists or their estates unless other wise noted.

Crush Hour
Edward Sorel
The New Yorker, January 31, 1994

Sorel's I ♥ Babel, from the issue of October 2, 1995, includes a depiction of the Alliance Française at the lower left. Now renamed L'Alliance New York, it is the institution hosting this show.

I ♥ Babel

Edward Sorel

The New Yorker, October 2, 1995

Bruce McCall's 2014 cover turns the tables on the horse carriages of Central Park.

The Cart Before the Horses
Bruce McCall
The New Yorker, April 28, 2014

McCall's Lost Times Square appears in the show courtesy of David Remnick and Esther Fein.

Lost Times Square
Bruce McCall
The New Yorker, May 31, 1999

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The New Yorker Signed by Derek Jeter

So here's a little tip from an eBay seller on how to obtain strikingly unique baseball memorabilia. While a star like Derek Jeter is waiting in line at a Starbuck's in Oakland, say, before a baseball game early in the 2007 season, simply approach him and whip out your recent subscription copy of the New Yorker and ask him to sign it. Why not use the issue with a cover by Bruce McCall, say, the one commemorating the opening of the baseball season in New York, a city blessed, as we see, with not one but two Major League baseball teams? In retrospect, it sounds so simple! By all means bring your baseball gloves to the game, people, but first why not carry a stack of appropriately-themed magazines to your local Starbucks and look for ballplayers?

Bruce McCall, The New Yorker, April 2, 2007 signed by Derek Jeter, left, and a ticket to the ball game, right

Derek Jeter's signature

Derek Jeter
eBay Listing Ended December 26, 2016

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Derek Jeter
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Note:  The Yankees won, 4-3.


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Signed by Bruce McCall: Zany Afternoons

Here's another unexpected bargain seen recently on eBay. It's a copy of Zany Afternoons (1982) by Bruce McCall. The 1999 hardcover reprint is signed by the artist in the year of republication. The cover illustration is from "Wing Dining."

Zany Afternoons signed by Bruce McCall

eBay Listing Ended October 17, 2016

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