BIB_ID
267174
Accession number
MA 12818
Creator
François, André, 1915-2005.
Published
1979.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2006.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, Dec. 3. 1979.
354 x 267 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
Summary
Man with top hat and painter's palette holds a brush and works in a swath of black and white, while part of the gallery office door, which advertises "Works in Black and White", and stairwell are depicted in color; perhaps he is repainting the gallery exterior.
Medium
Pastel and charcoal on paper, mounted on board.
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