Edna Eicke's New Yorker cover of April 2, 1949 marks the rise of a new postwar leisure class, one that can afford a second home by the beach. We see the real estate agent, his woodie parked out front, showing a windswept property to a young couple. The coming storm adds atmosphere without diminishing the appeal of the landscape or of the house.
Celebrity gossip columnist Lloyd Shearer, who wrote for Parade magazine under the name Walter Scott, and his wife Marva, also a writer, acquired the original art directly from the artist. Lloyd passed away in 2001 and Marva died in 2019. Over the years, to judge by the published cover, some of the greens and browns have faded but otherwise the artwork remains vibrant and compelling. It was sold yesterday, at Bonhams, at a hammer price of $8,500, or more than the cost of a beach house in 1949.
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| Edna Eicke Bonhams sale of May 20, 2021, accessed May 2, 2021 |
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| https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1949-04-02/flipbook/CV1/ |
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