"'Then Jack traded his cow for five magic beans.' Here's a copy of the contract, the accounting summary, insurance waiver, the shareholders' briefing and the receipt." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID

266656

Accession number

MA 11860

Creator

Cheney, Tom, 1954-

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, Sept. 4, 1989.

280 x 218 mm

Inscriptions/Markings

"PnGA 888"--in pencil on bottom left verso; "A5871"--in blue colored pencil on bottom right verso.

Provenance

Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.

Summary

Father reading to son in bed and spreading various documents from a briefcase all over the covers.

Medium

Pen and black ink with porous pointed pen and typed caption, on paper.

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