![]() ![]() Little is known about Cugat –also known as Francisco Coradal-Cougat– and the Gatsby cover, for which he was paid the princely sum of $100, was the only one he ever designed. This iconic work of art was created by Spanish artist Francis Cugat. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece 88 years after its debut. Evocative of sorrow and excess, this haunting image has become so inextricably linked to The Great Gatsby that it still adorns the cover of F. ![]() It’s one of the most recognizable book covers in the history of American literature: two sad female eyes and bright red lips adrift in the deep blue of a night sky, hovering ominously above a skyline that glows like a carnival. ![]() right: a first edition of the book (image: USC) Left: Francis Cugat’s original gouache painting for The Great Gatsby. ![]()
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