"One of you boys go help Mom with the groceries" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
266759
Accession number: 
MA 11668
Author: 
Booth, George, 1926-
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 published in The New Yorker, Jan. 2, 1978.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"PnGA 991" -- in pencil on verso; editorial notes: "Dad clearly older than sons - older woman - is this another dog?" -- in pencil on recto.

Summary: 

Father to two sons waiting in car in supermarket parking lot as an older woman has her skirt caught on the liftgate of the station wagon and spills grocery bags on ground as a dog barks at her.

Medium: 
Black ballpoint pen with porous pointed pen and graphite insciptions, on paper.
Dimensions: 
320 x 227 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: