Record ID:
266018
Accession number:
MA 11558
Published:
1989.
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. 9, 1989.
Inscriptions/Markings:
"Nov. 29, 1989" -- in ink on verso with artist's signature; copyright 1989 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AH 4419.
Summary:
Man adjusting television set to his wife in motel room as she unpacks a suitcase. The sound from the TV is "and the Lord said unto Abraham"; there is a sticker pasted on the back of the set which reads "This TV placed by the Gideons"
Medium:
Pen and black ink and porous pointed pen with correction fluid and graphite, on paper.
Dimensions:
228 x 305 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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