{"product_id":"new-yorker-cover-42","title":"Sea Math- The New Yorker","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndré François delivers one of his most memorably absurd New Yorker covers with this delightful meditation on marine mathematics. A bespectacled walrus, rendered in François's characteristic loose, painterly style, contemplates a blackboard equation where fish undergo square roots and addition to yield a larger fish. The joke operates on multiple levels: the walrus as unlikely scholar, mathematics applied to the animal kingdom, and the sly suggestion that this is simply how a walrus thinks about lunch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrançois, the Romanian-born French master of editorial illustration, brought a uniquely European sensibility to American magazine art. His work for The New Yorker, spanning decades, combined childlike simplicity with sophisticated wit. Here, the pale blue-gray palette and minimal background focus attention entirely on the conceptual gag, while his loose brushwork gives the walrus an endearing, almost sheepish expression behind those scholarly spectacles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA standout example of The New Yorker's golden era of cover art, this piece demonstrates why the magazine's covers became collectible art objects in their own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.5\" x 8.25\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e André François\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":45027084140659,"sku":"CA7902","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3005\/8556\/files\/2026-05-21-14-50-31-01.jpg?v=1779486509","url":"https:\/\/www.authenticvintageposters.com\/products\/new-yorker-cover-42","provider":"Authentic Vintage Posters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}