Couple sharing an umbrella / Cover for Judge, October 17, 1914

Couple sharing an umbrella / Cover for Judge, October 17, 1914
Couple sharing an umbrella / Cover for Judge, October 17, 1914

Couple sharing an umbrella / Cover for Judge, October 17, 1914

Date1914
Artist (American illustrator, painter, and author, 1877–1960)
Illustration CitationCover illustration for Judge magazine, October 17, 1914
MediumWatercolor on board
Dimensions24 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (62.2 × 36.8 cm)
sheet: 28 1/4 × 18 1/2 in. (71.8 × 47 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2018
Object number2018-7
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn James Montgomery Flagg's cover for the humor magazine Judge, he gave this couple a blurry appearance, as if we are seeing them through a wet window. Their enforced intimacy under the umbrella delights the man, while the woman - shrinking a little under the embrace of his large hand - seems less pleased.

The published cover was colorized—probably by the magazine’s art staff—to give it a much brighter appearance. Probably an art editor thought Flagg’s more nuanced tones weren’t sufficiently eye-catching for a newsstand. Illustrators were used to such alterations by magazine design departments



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