Many people admire New Yorker covers—inspired full-page illustrations presented to the world free of promotional text—but opportunities to get to see the original art from which they are created are few and far between. It's so gratifying when such cover art does surface and come to the market, sometimes many decades later. Frank Modell's original art for the issue of November 25, 1961 was just sold at Heritage Auctions in April. It is a thoughtful, atmospheric image that anticipates the first Thanksgiving in a way that is both humorous and affecting.
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| Frank Modell Original art The New Yorker, November 25, 1961 |
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| Frank Modell Framed original art The New Yorker, November 25, 1961 |
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| Frank Modell Heritage Auctions listing of April 23, 2024 |
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| Frank Modell Heritage Auctions item description |
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| Frank Modell The New Yorker, November 25, 1961 |
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| Frank Modell Original art The New Yorker, November 25, 1961 |
The artwork is still available on eBay, priced at about three times what the cover art went for.
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