Record ID:
265769
Accession number:
MA 11490
Published:
1981
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, Feb. 23, 1981.
Full published caption reads: "Uncle Purvis was a man of high ideals. He subjected himself and his motivations to such rigid scrutiny that he rarely met his own standards. He never did anything."
Inscriptions/Markings:
"George Booth, May 13, 1981" - in ink on verso; copyright 1980 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AF 3077.
Summary:
Mother projects a home movie on living room wall of a demonstrative man in a plaid suit waving from a car, while son and family dog watch.
Medium:
Black ball point pen, porous pointed pen and overlaid correction, on paper.
Dimensions:
305 x 227 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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