Record ID:
265845
Accession number:
MA 11508
Published:
1995.
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, May 15, 1995.
Full published caption: "Has it ever occurred to anyone that if we stopped wearing these damned skirts we wouldn't have to march off to defend our manhood every five minutes?"
Inscriptions/Markings:
"8/1/95" - in ink on verso with artist's signature; copyright 1995 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AJ 5041. Note in pencil from art director/editor handwritten on verso requesting alterations to the kilts' appearance, with a drawing included to demonstrate. These editorial notes did not affect the final published product.
Summary:
Men in kilts (Scotsmen?) with swords and clubs marching across a fenced in field.
Medium:
Pen and black ink with porous pointed pen on paper.
Dimensions:
228 x 303 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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