Sunday, April 27, 2014

A Hot Tip: Constantin Alajálov New Yorker Cover Art

Take a look at this amusing original illustration by Constantin Alajálov in the collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown. The museum's online metadata gives it the title A Hot Tip, which seems pretty reasonable. The museum has no information regarding publication, although the date May 31 is clearly written on the original for all to see. Instead, not-very-helpful subject keywords are given such as trees and binoculars.

My temporary status as uninvited volunteer guest curator (which I made up) allows me to provide the publication history to the Clark and others as a public service. This was a New Yorker cover, of course, as is easily verified. If others have made this same observation before, I haven't been able to find where that might be.

Constantin Alajálov, A Hot Tip,
Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
A Hot Tip Museum Description,
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
http://maca.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p132501coll22/id/910/rec/7 

Constantin Alajálov, Original artwork, The New Yorker, May 31, 1947,
Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Constantin Alajálov, The New Yorker, May 31, 1947


Note:  There is more on the New Yorker work of Constantin Alajálov here.

More original New Yorker cover art may be seen here.

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