See more objects with the tag figures, graphic design, magazine, branching, star.

Object Timeline

1943

  • Work on this object began.

1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Cover Design for The New Yorker

This is a Print. It was designed by Ilonka Karasz and made for The New Yorker Magazine. It is dated 1943 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is zinc cut of a linoleum print, graphite on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

22.6 × 36.6 cm (8 7/8 × 14 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, inside leaf: With good wishes for whatever the year may bring / The Nylands; in Mr. Mitchell's hand, verso: New Year's 1944. By Karasz, Wm Nyland's wife. / Zinc cut, proof of cover design, drawn for the New Yorker and published by them in 1944.

Cite this object as

Print, Cover Design for The New Yorker; Designed by Ilonka Karasz ((American, born Hungary, 1896–1981)); Made for The New Yorker Magazine; USA; zinc cut of a linoleum print, graphite on white paper; 22.6 × 36.6 cm (8 7/8 × 14 7/16 in.) ; 1955-111-43

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18402321/ |title=Print, Cover Design for The New Yorker |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=24 March 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>