BIB_ID
346057
Accession number
MA 8458
Creator
Rowson, Martin.
Display Date
2004 or later
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection. Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Description
1 drawing
Notes
Dating: The biennial Man Booker International Prize, which considers works in translation, was first announced in June, 2004, and launched in 2005.
210 x 297 mm
Provenance
Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Summary
A man gives an incoherent acceptance speech at a microphone while two men, one of whom whispers "Er... is this quite what we had in mind?," stand in the background. To the right of the image is a poem (first line: "In its ultimate essay in world domination") criticizing the Man Booker Prize's consideration of translated works [for the International Prize].
Medium
Pen and ink on paper
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