{"product_id":"new-yorker-cover-copy-41","title":"The Painted Garden- The New Yorker","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnatol Kovarsky's January 1957 cover for The New Yorker delivers a masterclass in visual wit. A Chinese artist sits in a traditional landscape, complete with willow trees, an arched bridge, and blue-roofed pagodas, yet he paints not from life but onto a porcelain plate, rendering the very scene around him into the stylized Western fantasy known as the willow pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe joke operates on multiple levels: the willow pattern was actually invented in England around 1790, a European imagination of China that became more familiar to Western audiences than actual Chinese art. Here, Kovarsky flips the script, showing Chinese craftsmen reproducing Western ideas of their own culture for export. The soft watercolor palette, dominated by cream and golden yellows with touches of blue and red, evokes both Chinese scroll paintings and European chinoiserie decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKovarsky, a Russian-born illustrator who contributed over 100 covers to The New Yorker, excelled at these gentle observations on human nature and cultural perception. A sophisticated addition to any collection of mid-century American illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\" x 8.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anatol Kovarsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good, * Please note that this listing is for the cover artwork, and not the magazine as a whole. Age-appropriate wear. Paper toning in accordance with the print's age. Marks\/stains as per photo. Wear around the edges and minor paper loss might be present in some prints. Some covers may have writing or images on verso. Please refer to each print's photo to get a better understanding of the condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authentic Vintage Posters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45413673468019,"sku":"CA8754","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3005\/8556\/files\/edited_4be76e10-bbb3-4a11-97c9-46d9b23fa3f1.jpg?v=1787870271","url":"https:\/\/www.authenticvintageposters.com\/en-nl\/products\/new-yorker-cover-copy-41","provider":"Authentic Vintage Posters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}