BIB_ID
266593
Accession number
MA 12661
Creator
Grooms, Red.
Published
1992.
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. 11, 1993; another drawing was submitted for the final version, as certain details differ in the published version.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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325 x 462 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"For Lee Red Grooms '92"--in pencil on top recto; "Coney Island"--in ink on top left verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Blonde woman with fake eyelashes is depicted as floating on an inflatable raft and reading about Hawaii, in a Coney Island beach setting, with roller coasters, ferris wheel and a parachute jump seen in the background.
Medium
Brush and color inks with graphite and collaged paper, on paper.
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