BIB_ID
265769
Accession number
MA 11490
Creator
Booth, George, 1926-
Published
1981
Credit line
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
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."
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Feb. 23, 1981.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Feb. 23, 1981.
305 x 227 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"George Booth, May 13, 1981" - in ink on verso; copyright 1980 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AF 3077.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
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.
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