Record ID:
266593
Accession number:
MA 12661
Published:
1992.
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 an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, Jan. 11, 1993; another drawing was submitted for the final version, as certain details differ in the published version.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Inscriptions/Markings:
"For Lee Red Grooms '92"--in pencil on top recto; "Coney Island"--in ink on top left verso.
Summary:
Blonde woman with fake eyelashes is depicted as floating on an inflatable raft and reading about Hawaii, in a Coney Island beach setting, with roller coasters, ferris wheel and a parachute jump seen in the background.
Medium:
Brush and color inks with graphite and collaged paper, on paper.
Dimensions:
325 x 462 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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