Violin firing squad : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
342060
Accession number: 
MA 11904
Author: 
Cheney, Tom, 1954-
Published: 
1996.
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, Aug. 26, 1996.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"8/26/96"--in ink with artist's signature on center verso.

Summary: 

A firing squad of three violinists aim their bows at a hair metal rock star, whose guitar lays against the wall behind him, while a conductor with baton stands poised to give the signal for execution.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink on paper.
Dimensions: 
216 x 282 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: