Record ID:
265766
Accession number:
MA 11489
Published:
1977
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 submitted to The New Yorker.
Full caption reads: "Our token Black - is that really how you think of yourself, Ms. Corwin? You're much more that that, I assure you. You're also our token woman."
Inscriptions/Markings:
"19 January 1977" - in ink on verso, along with artist's signature; 016937 on verso.
Summary:
In a board room otherwise full of white males, the chairman addresses an African-American woman with glasses seated at the meeting table.
Medium:
Pen and black ink, porous pointed pen, blue colored pencil, graphite and correction fluid, on paper.
Dimensions:
230 x 295 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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