"Uncle Purvis was a man of high ideals ..." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265769
Accession number: 
MA 11490
Author: 
Booth, George, 1926-
Published: 
1981
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, Feb. 23, 1981.
Full published caption reads: "Uncle Purvis was a man of high ideals. He subjected himself and his motivations to such rigid scrutiny that he rarely met his own standards. He never did anything."

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"George Booth, May 13, 1981" - in ink on verso; copyright 1980 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AF 3077.

Summary: 

Mother projects a home movie on living room wall of a demonstrative man in a plaid suit waving from a car, while son and family dog watch.

Medium: 
Black ball point pen, porous pointed pen and overlaid correction, on paper.
Dimensions: 
305 x 227 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: