Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Hot dog and ice cream stands changing up names : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
266611
Accession number
MA 11631
Creator
Richter, Mischa, 1910-2001.
Published
1976.
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 published in The New Yorker, April 23, 1979.
217 x 301mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Copyright 1976 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. sticker on verso: A 6874; "not winter" in pencil on verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Two roadside stands have signs that indicate romantic intrigue: Ben & Muriel's Hot Dogs (formerly Ben & Mary's) and Joe & Mary's Ice Cream (formerly Joe & Muriel's).
Medium
Black porous pointed pen with overlaid corrections on paper.
Classification