BIB_ID
266728
Accession number
MA 11695.1-12
Creator
Vietor, Dean.
Published
1980.
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
12 drawings.
Notes
Another version of theme is depicted in MA 12303.1-4.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Oct. 27, 1980.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Oct. 27, 1980.
215 x 280 mm (each)
Inscriptions/Markings
"PnGA 960.1-960.12" -- in pencil on verso of respective sheets; "where is paperweight + paper?" -- in pencil on recto of fifith drawing. Copyright 1993 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: A 8649; "Fix: pile of paper under paperweight messy from drawing #5" -- in pencil on verso of twelfth drawing.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Series of sketches show a man arriving at work, sitting at desk, shuffling and rearranging the office and desk materials, straightening everything, putting his hat and coat on and leaving the office.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite inscriptions, on paper.
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