"Yes, but who ever heard of a lilac bush going forty miles an hour?" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
265873
Accession number: 
MA 12026
Author: 
Decker, Richard, 1907-
Published: 
1941.
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, May 3, 1941.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Army Information Service stamps--on right and center verso.

Summary: 

One soldier or spy to another as they drive a tank camouflaged to look like a blooming lilac bush; two other similarly disguised tanks drive in the background.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink with black crayon, correction fluid and graphite, on paper.
Dimensions: 
280 x 356 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.