Roz Chast at "Covering The New Yorker"

Three works of original art by cartoonist Roz Chast are included in "Covering The New Yorker," the exhibition currently showing at L'Alliance New York.

Roz Chast
Original art
The New Yorker, October 1, 1990

Roz Chast
The New Yorker, October 1, 1990

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1990-10-01/flipbook/CV1/

Venus on the Beach

Roz Chast

Original art

The New Yorker, August 4, 2014

Venus on the Beach

Roz Chast

The New Yorker, August 4, 2014

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/2014-08-04/flipbook

What T. S. Eliot says about April is what The New Yorker says about January:

Cruellest Month

Roz Chast

Original art

The New Yorker, January 29, 2018

Cruellest Month

Roz Chast

The New Yorker, January 29, 2018

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/2018-01-29/flipbook/CV1/

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Saul Steinberg and Sarula Bao at "Covering The New Yorker"

There is one example of Saul Steinberg's New Yorker cover art in the exhibition "Covering The New Yorker" at L'Alliance New York. Unusually, it made the journey directly from sketchbook page to New Yorker cover.

The Man in the Mirror
Saul Steinberg
Original art
The New Yorker, January 12, 1998

The Man in the Mirror
Saul Steinberg
The New Yorker, January 12, 1998

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1998-01-12/flipbook/CV1/

Sarula Bao's 2024 cover Lunar New Year celebrates the Year of the Dragon. The cover art is reproduced in a limited edition signed print, of which this is no. 31/50.

Lunar New Year
Sarula Bao
Signed Print, no. 31/50
The New Yorker, February 5, 2024

Lunar New Year
Sarula Bao
The New Yorker, February 5, 2024

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/2024-02-05/flipbook/CV1/

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The 1945 Eustace Tilley Printing Plates: "Covering The New Yorker"

The exhibition "Covering The New Yorker" is currently on view at L'Alliance New York. The show is curated by art editor Françoise Mouly and co-curated by Rodolphe Lachat in celebration of the magazine's centennial. The display focuses on original cover art that has appeared over the past thirty years under this art editor's tenure, as the signage at the entrance makes clear. Still, there are some surprises in store, including the copper plates used to print color separations of the cover of the 1945 anniversary issue. 

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Christoph Niemann

Eustace Tilley:  The Face of The New Yorker

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This Week's New Yorker Cover, Rejected

A display of rejected New Yorker cover concept art is currently on view at L'Alliance New York, a part of the exhibition "Covering The New Yorker."

The assemblage of prints of rejected sketches is pinned to a bulletin board, like the card describing them:

Oddly, one of the rejected sketches shown there is this very week's cover by Till Lauer. It depicts the glow of wildfires in California. A notation is dated 1/15/25 and bears an okay as well as the name of the magazine's editor David [Remnick], likely in the hand of the art editor Françoise Mouly:

It was not published on the cover of the January 20 issue, hence its status in this show as a rejected cover. It does appear on the January 27 issue, a one week layover—surely not the worst rejection ever:

Flames and Shadows
Till Lauer
The New Yorker, January 27, 2025

The Lauer cover initially was rejected in favor of Barry Blitt's inauguration cover Two's a Crowd. Both were timely enough to have appeared that same week. Although January 20 is the date of the presidential swearing in, the issue is released one full week ahead of the publication date and The New Yorker's editors wanted the Blitt cover out a full week ahead of the event—the cover itself was even released a few days early. There are, of course, some risks inherent in anticipating real-world events. The illustration quite naturally foresaw an outdoor ceremony, which turned out not to be the case because of extreme cold. It also shows Donald Trump's hand resting on the bible. Who knew?

Two's a Crowd
Barry Blitt
The New Yorker, January 20, 2025

Curiously, Blitt's cover recalls his own twin-scenarios cover of eight years earlier. Both images show Trump at his swearing in accompanied—or superseded—by extremely powerful and wealthy men with their own agendas.

Significant Others
Barry Blitt
The New Yorker, October 31, 2016

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