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Eagle salutes passing general : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
266478
Accession number
MA 12932
Creator
Richter, Mischa, 1910-2001.
Published
1979.
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 a cartoon published in The New Yorker, May 28, 1979.
Cartoon is comprised of three separate sheets of paper affixed to the same piece of cardboard.
213 x 274 mm (each sheet)
Inscriptions/Markings
"$400"--in pencil on center right verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
A bald eagle in a cage salutes a three star U.S. Army General as he passes, by spreading his wings.
Medium
Black colored pencil on paper.
Classification