{"product_id":"the-unicorn-woman-original-nyt-book-review-illustration","title":"“The Unicorn Woman” — Original NYT Book Review Illustration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally commissioned for The New York Times Book Review, this piece by Edward Cushenberry is a visual response to Gayl Jones’s The Unicorn Woman — a novel about myth, identity, and fractured memory. But in Cushenberry’s hands, the unicorn goes cyberpunk. A figure in green (reader? dreamer?) holds a tattered photo of a woman whose face is literally split open. Behind her: a burst of purple against candy-striped wallpaper. Her expression is caught mid-smile, mid-meltdown — one eye closed, the other patched with circuitry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s unsettling and tender at once. The portrait is less about beauty and more about what beauty survives. The stylization — thick outlines, flat colors, graphic tension — recalls Cushenberry’s signature zine-adjacent vibe, but with a sharp editorial edge. Like much of his work, it’s less about explaining the text than translating its emotion: obsession, distance, damage, longing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou don’t need to have read the novel to feel the impact. This image stands on its own — part sci-fi relic, part heartbreak postcard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Original illustration on Bristol paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: “The Unicorn Woman” (Book Review Illustration)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ Author: Edward Cushenberry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommissioned by:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnique \/ Method: Prismacolor pencil, ink, and graphite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Bristol paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Unique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned: Yes, on reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: Approx. 17.8 × 22.8 cm (7 × 9 in)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent, with minor wear along edges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Darwin Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52345907872082,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/BARCELO_bc62e946-672e-40d1-8e48-8464949dec4d.jpg?v=1767988235","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/the-unicorn-woman-original-nyt-book-review-illustration","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}