BIB_ID
265888
Accession number
MA 11518
Creator
Maslin, Michael.
Published
1996.
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
Full text in drawing: "$10,000.00 advance, or less -- $10,000.00 to $100,000.00 advance -- $100,000.00 to $1,000,000.00 advance -- $1,000,000.00 advance, or more".
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Dec. 23, 1996.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Dec. 23, 1996.
Title supplied by cataloger.
215 x 280 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"February 18, 1997." - in ink on verso with artist's signature. The New Yorker barcode sticker on verso: A1848. Text in published cartoon altered to reflect penciled editorial request on verso : "Fix! Delete ".00" after all nos." "Fiction issue" - in pencil on verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Sections in a bookstore are organized according to the size of the advance the author received, from $10,000 and up in various amounts.
Medium
Pen and black ink and graphite, on paper.
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