Record ID:
266084
Accession number:
MA 11569
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, Dec. 4, 1989.
Inscriptions/Markings:
"Dec. 13, 1989" -- in ink on verso with artist's signature; copyright 1989 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AH 5088. Editorial notes in pencil on verso: "Query: should Hemingway be drinking hard liquor, not beer?" Drawing was not altered further for publication.
Summary:
In an outdoor cafe scene, a beer drinking Hemingway points and laughs at a dandy Wilde at another table, while Capote holds his hat and writes in the background.
Medium:
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite and correction fluid, on paper.
Dimensions:
227 x 304 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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