"We're still pretty far apart. I'm looking for a six-figure advance, and they're refusing to read the manuscript." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265993
Accession number: 
MA 11540
Author: 
Mankoff, Robert.
Published: 
1980s.
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, Mar. 30, 1987.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Copyright 1985 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AF 9150.

Summary: 

Writer to friend at cocktail party.

Medium: 
Pen and black ink with graphite and correction fluid, on paper.
Dimensions: 
216 x 280 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts