Cover for The New Yorker
Date1934
Artist
Charles Henry Alston
(American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher, 1907–1977)
Illustration CitationThe New Yorker, October 6, 1934
MediumPastel on illustration board
Dimensions17 × 12 3/4 in. (43.2 × 32.4 cm)
frame: 19 × 15 × 1 in. (48.3 × 38.1 × 2.5 cm)
frame: 19 × 15 × 1 in. (48.3 × 38.1 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2024
Object number2024-15
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextPublished in 1934, this cover for the New Yorker was only the second to be illustrated by an African American artist. It captures a janitor, with broom and bucket, pausing from his work and imagining himself as an orchestra conductor.
