Record ID:
265824
Accession number:
MA 12363
Published:
1960.
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 16, 1960.
Full caption: "And then they started talking loud again. My mother said, 'It's time we had a showdown, Mr. Wolf-of-the-Stenographers'-Pool, and with Ellen off to camp in the morning, now's the time to do it. If you think I'm going to spend another summer in this muggy exurbanite hole while you high-tail it off to town every morning to prowl around your office harem and live it up on your fancy air-conditioned expense account, you've got another thing coming...."
Summary:
Little girl describes an argument between her parents to a rapt audience of children at a summer camp.
Medium:
Black compressed chalk pencil with brush and ink and graphite, on board.
Dimensions:
540 x 395 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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