"Madam would not build a house without a solid foundation, would she?" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266391
Accession number: 
MA 12552
Author: 
Shermund, Barbara, 1899-1978.
Published: 
1933.
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. 23, 1933.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"You wouldn't build a house without a firm foundation would you"--in pencil on upper left verso; "$35.00"--in pencil on upper center verso.

Summary: 

Salesgirl trying to sell a girdle to a very overweight woman.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink with correction fluid and graphite and overlaid typed caption, on paper.
Dimensions: 
480 x 377 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: