[A Christmas present] / P. Barlow. – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [A Christmas present] / P. Barlow., 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 Christmas present] / P. Barlow.
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Children crowd around a model railroad while adults look on in this watercolor, charcoal, ink, and graphite drawing made as a cover for *The New Yorker* of December 28, 1940. Perry Barlow, who signed the work "P. Barlow," combined several media to build the scene's texture and detail. The magazine's covers of this period often leaned on warm, observational humor about everyday life, and this one ties that approach to the holiday toy trade. Perry Barlow gave the drawing to the Library of Congress in 1961, and it was later shown in Hannover, Germany, in 2000.
| Created / published | [1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor, charcoal, ink and graphite ; 42.6 x 29.4 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Magazine covers 1940.Watercolors Color 1940. |
| Notes | Gift; Perry Barlow; 1961. Cover illustration, published in The New Yorker, Dec. 28, 1940. Exhibited: The New Yorker, Wilhelm-Busch Museum, Hannover, Germany, 2000. |
| Subjects | Children playing with toys--1940. Model railroads--1940. Children & adults--1940. Christmas--1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,047 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172815 |
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