"There'd be nothing to it. Put in a computerized guidance system, put in a motor, get rid of the guy with the oar, and you're in business." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265763
Accession number: 
MA 12911
Author: 
Opie, Everett.
Published: 
1972.
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 a cartoon published in The New Yorker, July 8, 1972.

Summary: 

Two businessmen discuss automating gondolas as they ride through a canal in Venice, while the gondolier rolls his eyes.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite and correction fluid on paper.
Dimensions: 
534 x 662 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts