"My mother is black, my father is African-American, and my grandfather is a negro. I can hardly wait to find out about me." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265925
Accession number: 
MA 11528
Author: 
Handelsman, J. B.
Published: 
1996.
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, Apr. 29, 1996.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"June 26, 1996" - in ink on verso with artist's signature; the New Yorker barcode sticker on verso: A1883.

Summary: 

Young black boy in a Mets shirt to a black girl on city sidewalk.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink with correction fluid and blue colored pencil, on paper.
Dimensions: 
295 x 230 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Catalog Link: 
See more information »
Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts