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