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"You notice how these telephone pitches always come just when you're about to achieve satori?" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
265936
Accession number
MA 11530
Creator
Wilson, Gahan.
Published
1996.
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, June 10, 1996.
230 x 305 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Oct. 15, 1996" - in ink on verso with artist's signature; the New Yorker barcode sticker on verso: A1989.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Three Buddhist monks sit cross-legged in meditation; the middle one is answering a cellular phone.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite inscription, on paper.
Classification