The New Yorker Cover - Sep 6, 1962

This cover for the September 8, 1962, issue of The New Yorker is a celebrated work by the influential American artist Romare Bearden. The artwork is a collage that cleverly depicts the New York City skyline, with the buildings constructed entirely from classified real estate advertisements clipped from newspapers.

Artistic Insight

This, Romare Bearden's first cover for the magazine, is a profound and witty piece of social commentary. The central concept is that the physical city is inseparable from its commercial identity; the buildings are literally made of the text that buys, sells, and defines them. Bearden masterfully visualizes the idea that the New York experience is intrinsically linked to the relentless, aspirational, and often overwhelming world of real estate. The cover transforms the skyline into a dense tapestry of text and numbers, a landscape to be read as much as seen. For a modern audience, it also serves as a stunning historical time capsule, with the vintage prices offering a stark reminder of the city's economic evolution

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