This blog post is linked from the New Yorker article and has a lot of pictures of the book covers, as well as interviews with the writers and artists:

https://talkingcovers.com/2012/09/12/vintage-contemporaries/

The “Ransom” cover is really wonderful.

Overall this series is a triumph of art direction. The various cover paintings were made by different artists, but they blend into a unified series that reflects the sensibility of the original designer — “Magritte in Memphis, California” would be my summary of the associations.