Backstage at the opera : cover illustration for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
267271
Accession number: 
MA 12225
Author: 
Alajalov, Constantin, 1900-1987.
Published: 
1934.
Credit: 
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description: 
1 drawing.
Notes: 

Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, Jan. 19, 1935.

Summary: 

Performers in Egyptian costume backstage at the opera (likely a performance of Aida) eat hot dogs and read a tabloid newspaper.

Medium: 
Gouache with pen and ink and graphite on paper.
Dimensions: 
368 x 272 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: