AS THE DAYS OF NOVEMBER roll by, the rainfall that often accompanies the fall months is at the center of Kadir Nelson‘s latest cover for The New Yorker. The artist’s double portrait depicts a couple clad in rain gear standing in the middle of a street in Dumbo, the Brooklyn waterfront neighborhood whose name is an acronym derived from its location: “down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass.” She is carrying a bouquet of fresh flowers, while he is holding the umbrella they are huddled under. Nelson renders the red umbrella so large, it shields his subjects from the rain and also almost entirely covers over the magazine’s logo. There is no actual rain visible in the image. Precipitation is indicated by the wet street; the hazy, overcast pall hanging over the Manhattan Bridge in the right background; and the actions of a man seen in the distance, walking down the sidewalk away from the viewer, ducking slightly, and covering his head with a folded newspaper. “D.U.M.B.O.” by Kadir Nelson. | The New Yorker, Nov. 13, 2023 The illustration is featured on the cover of the Nov. 13 issue of the magazine. Nelson, who lives and works in Los […]
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