BIB_ID
266297
Accession number
MA 12490
Creator
Searle, Ronald, 1920-2011.
Published
1972.
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
Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, Jan. 13, 1973.
392 x 281 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"The Escapist: 1972 39 x 28 cm Pen & watercolor"--in colored pencil on center verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Man with glasses smiles as he smokes a cigar and hides within a large seashell, which lays on a deserted beach with bright yellow sand.
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolor and gouache with graphite, on paper.
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