Record ID:
344637
Accession number:
MA 12866
Published:
1942.
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 18, 1942.
Summary:
Circus manager doesn't understand the request of a very tall, thin man, as he is surrounded by the fat lady, the animal trainer and a person with microcephaly, formerly called a pinhead.
Medium:
Pen and black ink with graphite inscription on paper.
Dimensions:
450 x 355 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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