BIB_ID
266591
Accession number
MA 12300
Creator
Barton, Ralph, 1891-1931.
Published
1920s.
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 associated with The New Yorker.
331 x 255 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Bug-eyed woman wearing pearls holds a telephone and hangs out the window, as a man in a tuxedo with a painting palette falls to the street below, as other men in formal wear run away; meanwhile another man in a bird cage hanging on the side of the building stands holding a violin with a bottle of champagne and a cut of meat by his side.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with inscription in blue porous pointed pen, on paper.
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