BIB_ID
266364
Accession number
MA 12514
Creator
Shermund, Barbara, 1899-1978.
Published
1939.
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
Caption does not appear on the drawing.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, June 17, 1939.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, June 17, 1939.
510 x 355 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"$250"--in ink on upper right verso; "$1400"--in pencil on bottom right verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Fortune teller gazing into a crystal ball advises one of two elderly, heavy set women sitting at the table with her.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with inscriptions in graphite and red colored pencil, on paper.
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