"It always happens...I get this far and I forget what I'm supposed to bring home." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266092
Accession number: 
MA 11573.1-2
Author: 
Stevenson, James, 1929-2017.
Published: 
20th century.
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 submitted to The New Yorker.

Summary: 

One hairy prehistoric man holding a spear to another; they stand on a cliff overlooking a landscape with various animals in it, including a mastodon, a saber-toothed cat, a giant sloth, and a prehistoric horseor zebra.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink, on paper.
Dimensions: 
229 x 306 (each) mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: