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Man and cat watching TV : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
266627
Accession number
MA 12169.1-2
Creator
Levin, Arnie.
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
2 drawings.
Notes
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Aug. 9, 1976.
Title supplied by cataloger.
355 x 280 mm (each)
Inscriptions/Markings
Editorial notes on depiction ("no beer", "both watching")--in pencil on recto of both sheets.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Man watching television in an easy chair with a cat next to him on the floor; when a beer commercial comes on, the man walks away, when a cat food commercial is aired, the cat leaves. Eventually, the regular show is back on and they both are watching again.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite inscriptions, on paper.
Classification