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1935

  • Work on this object began.

1945

  • Work on this object ended.

1947

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for a Spot for The New Yorker

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Christina Malman and made for (as the client) The New Yorker Magazine. It is dated ca. 1940 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is brush and ink, white gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould.

Its dimensions are

32.2 × 48.4 cm (12 11/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in ink, lower right: M

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Spot for The New Yorker; Designed by Christina Malman (American, b. England, 1911–1959); Client: The New Yorker Magazine; USA; brush and ink, white gouache on paper; 32.2 × 48.4 cm (12 11/16 × 19 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould; 1947-115-10

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