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1945

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Drawing, Design for a Cover of The New Yorker, probably 1945

This is a Drawing. It was created by Christina Malman and made for (as the client) The New Yorker Magazine. It is dated probably 1945 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is brush and gouache, white crayon, 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

46.2 × 31.5 cm (18 3/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Cover of The New Yorker, probably 1945; Christina Malman (American, b. England, 1911–1959); Client: The New Yorker Magazine; USA; brush and gouache, white crayon, graphite on cream paper; 46.2 × 31.5 cm (18 3/16 × 12 3/8 in.); 1960-214-7

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