BIB_ID
266018
Accession number
MA 11558
Creator
Ziegler, Jack.
Published
1989.
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, Oct. 9, 1989.
228 x 305 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Nov. 29, 1989" -- in ink on verso with artist's signature; copyright 1989 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: AH 4419.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Man adjusting television set to his wife in motel room as she unpacks a suitcase. The sound from the TV is "and the Lord said unto Abraham"; there is a sticker pasted on the back of the set which reads "This TV placed by the Gideons"
Medium
Pen and black ink and porous pointed pen with correction fluid and graphite, on paper.
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