Record ID:
346057
Accession number:
MA 8458
Created:
2004 or later
Credit:
Man Booker Prize Collection. Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Description:
1 drawing
Notes:
Dating: The biennial Man Booker International Prize, which considers works in translation, was first announced in June, 2004, and launched in 2005.
Summary:
A man gives an incoherent acceptance speech at a microphone while two men, one of whom whispers "Er... is this quite what we had in mind?," stand in the background. To the right of the image is a poem (first line: "In its ultimate essay in world domination") criticizing the Man Booker Prize's consideration of translated works [for the International Prize].
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions:
210 x 297 mm
Provenance:
Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Classification: