"We've set aside this particular room for those who still worship the almighty dollar." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265995
Accession number: 
MA 11856
Author: 
Maslin, Michael.
Published: 
1991.
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, Oct. 28, 1991.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Copyright 1991 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker--on bottom right verso; "AH08805"--typed on sticker on bottom right verso; "November 26th, 1991"--in ink with artist's signature on bottom center verso.

Summary: 

Tour guide speaking to an orientation group at they watch a man prostrating himself on a prayer rug marked with dollar signs in front of a large statue of a dollar bill.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink on paper.
Dimensions: 
216 x 280 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: