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1936

  • Work on this object began.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Design for a Spot for The New Yorker

This is a Drawing. It was created by Christina Malman and made for (as the client) The New Yorker Magazine. It is dated before 1936 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is brush and ink, white gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Dexter Masters.

Its dimensions are

38.2 × 48.1 cm (15 1/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in white, lower left: Malman

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Spot for The New Yorker; Christina Malman (American, b. England, 1911–1959); Client: The New Yorker Magazine; USA; brush and ink, white gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on cream paper; 38.2 × 48.1 cm (15 1/16 × 18 15/16 in.); 1960-214-36

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