"Madam would do well to avoid mixing her starches and proteins." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266364
Accession number: 
MA 12514
Author: 
Shermund, Barbara, 1899-1978.
Published: 
1939.
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 17, 1939.
Caption does not appear on the drawing.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"$250"--in ink on upper right verso; "$1400"--in pencil on bottom right verso.

Summary: 

Fortune teller gazing into a crystal ball advises one of two elderly, heavy set women sitting at the table with her.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink with inscriptions in graphite and red colored pencil, on paper.
Dimensions: 
510 x 355 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: