BIB_ID
266106
Accession number
MA 12782
Creator
Steinberg, Saul.
Published
1944.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2007.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, Jan. 13, 1945; seems to be an early version of the same theme, the published version does differ.
Steinberg created the illustration while serving in China in 1943; it was included in a booklet published by the OSS in 1945, while Steinberg was with the Training Literature Field Unit 1 in New York. Number 7 is the page in the booklet; an edited version of the handwritten caption appears under the image. (Information provided by Sheila Schwartz, 2017).
Steinberg created the illustration while serving in China in 1943; it was included in a booklet published by the OSS in 1945, while Steinberg was with the Training Literature Field Unit 1 in New York. Number 7 is the page in the booklet; an edited version of the handwritten caption appears under the image. (Information provided by Sheila Schwartz, 2017).
376 x 295 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Mess hall in a hotel in Kumming - Nothing exotic except the Chinese boys waiting on you - Plenty of food and good - You'll get plenty of eggs and pork chops - get eggs and eggs + peanut butter"--in pencil on bottom center recto.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
Summary
American military men in uniform eating noodles with chopsticks at a Chinese restaurant.
Medium
Pen and black ink with graphite on paper.
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