BIB_ID
266545
Accession number
MA 11621
Creator
Booth, George, 1926-
Published
1977.
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
Full published caption: "My son Ronald begins to open up around eight o'clock in the evening. His best hours are from then until along about sunup, when he wilts and drops off like a night-blooming cereus."
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Nov. 14, 1977.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Nov. 14, 1977.
305 x 228 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Open up first moves blossoms forth bursts forth" -- in ink on verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Woman speaks to another about her disheveled son, who is sleeping in a folding chair in the middle of the living room, surrounded by a mangy dog, a half eaten sandwich and the phone which is off the hook.
Medium
Black ballpoint pen and porous pointed pen with correction fluid, on paper.
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