Back in 2004, a red-tailed hawk named Pale Male and his mate at the time Lulu made headlines in New York City and beyond when their nest was removed from an upscale Fifth Avenue apartment building. The co-op received a lot of negative press. The board soon reversed itself and made provisions that allowed the birds to build a new nest. That episode was in all likelihood the inspiration for a New Yorker cover proposal by illustrator Peter de Sève. The rough was not accepted by the magazine, although it did appear in the 2009 monograph A Sketchy Past: The Art of Peter de Sève. The original art was sold on eBay in a charity auction in late 2017.
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| Peter de Sève eBay listing ended December 23, 2017 |
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| Peter de Sève eBay item description |
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| Peter de Sève eBay bid history It seems the winning bidder left two separate bids high enough to win two days apart. |
"The Legend of Pale Male" Trailer
Note: Readers in possession of original art by Peter de Sève are encouraged to submit images to Attempted Bloggery.
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