"Next, I will use a medium-point roller-ball pen ..." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265843
Accession number: 
MA 11507
Author: 
Cheney, Tom.
Published: 
1995.
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, June 12, 1995.
Full published caption reads: "Next, I will use a medium-point roller-ball pen with black ink and, on the anterior side of the upper-left quadrant, two centimeters below the binding staple, begin detailing in bold print the patient's previous medications and treatments relating to present indications for procedure and treatment, as required on this particular health-insurance form."

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"June 23, 1995" - in ink on verso with artist's signature; copyright The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AJ 4690.

Summary: 

Doctor in operating room demonstrating how to fill out health insurance forms to the glassed-in observers above.

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