Wife with husband carrying groceries : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266619
Accession number: 
MA 11821.1-8
Author: 
Smith, Claude.
Published: 
1966
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: 
8 drawings.
Notes: 

Original drawings for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Mar. 26, 1966.
Title supplied by cataloger.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"581"--in pencil on top right verso of the first six sheets; "2546"--in pencil on center verso of first six sheets; "HILITE HT"--in blue colored pencil on bottom center verso of first six sheets; copyright 1966 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. statement--taped on verso of sixth sheet; "AE 3888"--in blue colored pencil on bottom center verso of sixth sheet; "Fin NYR 31/Jan/66"--in red ink on top right recto of seventh sheet.

Summary: 

Husband and wife walk into an elevator, as he carries two large bags of groceries; as they ride up, the woman reaches over, and takes off his hat and places it on one of the bags; when they reach their floor, she replaces the hat on his head.

Medium: 
Pen, brush, ink and graphite on paper.
Dimensions: 
179 x 141 mm (each)
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: