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Paddock at Belmont Park : cover illustration for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
282673
Accession number
MA 12944
Creator
Karasz, Ilonka, 1896-1981.
Published
1942.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing very similar to an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, May 23, 1942.
Possible alternate cover option, as the published cover is the exact same theme, but differs in depiction.
Title supplied by cataloger.
510 x 380 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Spectators at racetrack examine the thoroughbred horses, as their handlers walk them around the paddock at Belmont.
Medium
Pen, brush and ink with white opaque watercolor and graphite, on illustration board.
Classification