Chuck Miller: Green Reminder

Here's a timely, last-minute reminder provided via some original Playboy cartoon art by Chuck Miller published in the February 1962 issue. As a public service, Attempted Bloggery would like to remind its readers not to venture out there without wearing the requisite green on St. Patrick's Day.

Chuck Miller
"My Lord! If it wasn't for me you'd all go out half dressed!"
Original art
Playboy, February 1962, page 122

Chuck Miller
Christie's Sale 2367, The Year of the Rabbit:  The Playboy Collection, Lot 31
New York, December 8, 2010

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5395453&lid=1

By the way, did you notice how difficult it is to render the foreshortening of the housekeeper's arm when it is extended directly at the viewer? I thought not.

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Backstage at Lohengrin: Constantin Alajálov New Yorker Cover Art

Constantin Alajálov's original New Yorker cover art shows us the opera from a vantage point few of us ever get to experience. Being able to see the the set from behind and the prompter's box and conductor from up front offers us an insider's exclusive view. Meanwhile, the high Wagnerian drama taking place on the stage is contrasted with the ordinary manual labor of the stagehands. The opera is Lohengrin, of course, whose title character is also known as the Swan Knight. You knew that.

Constantin Alajálov, Original art, The New Yorker, January 30, 1937

http://www.artnet.com/artists/constantin-alajalov/backstage-at-the-opera-lohengrin-Mt5YXlxHNoUYGtJScN_d5w2

Illustration House auction

http://www.artnet.com/artists/constantin-alajalov/backstage-at-the-opera-lohengrin-Mt5YXlxHNoUYGtJScN_d5w2

Constantin Alajálov, The New Yorker, January 30, 1937

Note:  I now have quite a few blog posts about the art of Constantin Alajálov. It's your lucky day.

See more examples of original New Yorker cover art.

You might also like to see a few more posts about composer Richard Wagner.

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