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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Color Separation: Garrett Price Proposed New Yorker Cover Art

Garrett Price's illustrated concept of a color separation may not have gone on to become a New Yorker cover, but it's a good demonstration of the kind of creative ferment that went on at the magazine. Each week, many talented artists submitted cover proposals that competed for the art editor's approval.

Garrett Price, proposed New Yorker cover art

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Garrett Price's signature

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Garrett Price
eBay Listing Ended March 5, 2017

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Garrett-Price-ORIGINAL-THE-NEW-YORKER-COVER-Old-Modernist-PAINTING-3-NO-RESERVE-/351988116287?hash=item51f4206b3f%3Ag%3APq0AAOSw4CFYrozF&nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

eBay Item Description

eBay Bid History
Eight bidders place sixteen bids. This time the second=to-last bidder gets it.

Garrett Price, proposed New Yorker cover art

Note: In theory, any number of blogs could publish your original Garrett Price art, but only Attempted Bloggery would do it with a smile. What do you say to that?

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Friday, April 21, 2017

Expressionistic St. Nick: Garrett Price Proposed New Yorker Cover Art

Garrett Price's unconventional cover proposal for the New Yorker presents a Santa Claus with modernist elements of Fauvism and German Expressionism. Perhaps it's reminiscent of the style of Franz Marc. He has written apre below his signature suggesting he has modeled his rendering after a particular artist, but whom?

Garrett Price, proposed New Yorker Christmas cover art

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Garrett Price's signature
Apre whom?

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Garrett Price
eBay Listing Ended March 5, 2017

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Garrett-Price-ORIGINAL-THE-NEW-YORKER-COVER-Old-Modernist-PAINTING-2-NO-RESERVE-/361910498636?hash=item54438bf54c%3Ag%3AyBoAAOSwdGFYroj6&nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

eBay Item Description

eBay Bid History
Nine bidders place twenty-three bids and the last to bid wins it.

Garrett Price, proposed New Yorker Christmas cover art

April 22, 2017 Update: Andy Broome tweeted this yesterday:

https://twitter.com/broomewithaview/status/855585225811922944

Note: Can anyone identify Garrett Price's specific model for this work, if indeed there was one?

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Ticker Tape Parade: Garrett Price Proposed New Yorker Cover Art

Garrett Price doesn't spare the paint in an attempt to capture the dizzying effect of a ticker tape parade in New York City's Canyon of Heroes. His technique has produced an impressive cover proposal for the New Yorker bordering on the abstract.