BIB_ID
267231
Accession number
MA 11917
Creator
François, André, 1915-2005.
Published
1988.
Credit line
Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2006.
Description
1 collage.
Notes
Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, April 25, 1988.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Title supplied by cataloger.
134 x 94 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
Summary
Artist at easel with palette in studio creates "paintings" that are actually postage stamps from around the world including portraits of famous figures, such as George Washington, Vincent Van Gogh, and others from Japan, Sweden, and Italy.
Medium
Mixed media collage with applied postage stamps on paper.
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