BIB_ID
266605
Accession number
MA 12295
Creator
Steig, William, 1907-2003.
Published
1950s.
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.
254 x 284 mm
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Small boy sings an aria while sitting on the stage next to a dagger during the production of an opera, as a woman kneels and holds a knife to her breast and two groups of soldiers and maidens sing in support in the background; a villainous man twirling his mustache stands to stage left and a more sympathetic man in historical garb stands near the kneeling woman.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink on paper.
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