BIB_ID
266664
Accession number
MA 11736
Creator
Ziegler, Jack.
Published
1978.
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, Jan. 8, 1979.
218 x 280 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"3395"--in pencil on upper left verso; "PnGA 896"--in pencil on lower left verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Inside a building with Chinese style architecture, a man reads to other people dressed in typical Communist outfits; he says, "A nearsighted student from Peking, confused when his feet began squeaking, climbed up on a box to get close to his sox, but never found what he was seeking."
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink on paper.
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