BIB_ID
265927
Accession number
MA 11529.1-3
Creator
Cheney, Tom, 1954-
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
3 drawings.
Notes
Full text from within published drawing: "I wonder how he feels about O.J." -- "I wonder how he feels about Farrakhan?" -- "I wonder how he feels about affirmative action?" -- Formula for Coulomb wave function.
Group of three drawings, one a cartoon and 2 with alternate thought bubbles. Published cartoon is a conglomeration of thought bubbles from the alternate choices included on the other drawings.
Original drawings for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1996.
Group of three drawings, one a cartoon and 2 with alternate thought bubbles. Published cartoon is a conglomeration of thought bubbles from the alternate choices included on the other drawings.
Original drawings for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1996.
215 x 280 (each) mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"7/30/96" - in ink on verso of all three sheets with artist's signature. The New Yorker barcode sticker on verso of cartoon: A1879. Note in pencil on verso of cartoon "Black issue". Third sheet with formula caption says "Source - Coulomb wave function formula".
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Four scientists working in a lab, one is a black man. The three white scientists are thinking about various hot button racial topics, while the black scientist is thinking of a math formula.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink on paper.
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