BIB_ID
266595
Accession number
MA 12785
Creator
Steinberg, Saul.
Published
1979.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2007.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Feb. 12, 1979.
369 x 293 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"This is a very rough sketch for a project - one or two pages - will chose - if OK - the proper typographic ornaments and other symbols - edit and improve choice of noises Remember - this is occasionally at random - in order to explain the idea - ST-"--in pencil on top center recto.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
Summary
Various noises from country life, like a frog, woodpecker, cricket, a cara on wet pavement, and an electric clock are illustrated with line patterns taken from a sheet of engraver's proofs.
Medium
Graphite and blue colored pencil with collage elements on paper.
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