[A dog asleep on a porch with an American flag hanging from a post] / W. Steig. – Historic Print
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Step back in time with [A dog asleep on a porch with an American flag hanging from a post] / W. Steig., a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[A dog asleep on a porch with an American flag hanging from a post] / W. Steig.
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A dog sprawls asleep across a porch, its body slack and untroubled, while an American flag hangs limp from a post behind it. The drawing is a cover for The New Yorker's issue of July 6, 1968, arriving just before the Fourth of July holiday, and it was made by William Steig, a cartoonist whose work for the magazine ran for decades and who later became famous as the author of children's books. Steig's gentle joke is in the contrast: the flag is the symbol of a national holiday, yet the dog has no interest in it and simply naps through the summer afternoon. The ink and watercolor work is loose and warm, the kind of easy domestic scene that made his covers instantly recognizable.
| Created / published | [1968] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and gouache ; 35.3 x 27.1 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Magazine covers 1960-1970.Watercolors Color 1960-1970. |
| Notes | Stamped on verso: Copyright 1968 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. Not to be reprinted in whole or part or reproduced in any form without written permission from The New Yorker. Gift; William Steig; 1970; (DLC/PP-1970:297). Cover illustration, published in the New Yorker, July 6, 1968. Exhibited: The New Yorker, Wilhelm-Busch Museum, Hannover, Germany, 2000. |
| Subjects | Fourth of July--1960-1970. Dogs--1960-1970. Porches--1960-1970. Flags--American--1960-1970. Summer--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221349 |
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