BIB_ID
265774
Accession number
MA 11998
Creator
Allen, Thomas B. (Thomas Burt), 1928-2004.
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
Original drawing for a cartoon submitted to The New Yorker.
284 x 355 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Thomas B. Allen July 21, 1981"--in pencil on bottom left verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Harlem nightclub scene from the 1920s, with a jazz band featuring banjo, tuba, drums, piano, trumpets and saxophones playing on a bandstand as black couples dance.
Medium
Graphite on paper.
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