"Don't cry, Mom. Lots of parents have children that didn't get into their first-choice college, and they went on to live happy, fulfilled lives." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
290060
Accession number: 
MA 11978
Author: 
Smaller, Barbara.
Published: 
2000.
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, April 3, 2000.

Summary: 

Son with college rejection letter in his hand comforts his weeping mother in the living room.

Medium: 
Pen and black ink with graphite on paper.
Dimensions: 
306 x 230 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts