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"Yes, but who ever heard of a lilac bush going forty miles an hour?" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
265873
Accession number
MA 12026
Creator
Decker, Richard, 1907-
Published
1941.
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 published in The New Yorker, May 3, 1941.
280 x 356 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Army Information Service stamps--on right and center verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
One soldier or spy to another as they drive a tank camouflaged to look like a blooming lilac bush; two other similarly disguised tanks drive in the background.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with black crayon, correction fluid and graphite, on paper.
Classification