BIB_ID
266665
Accession number
MA 11737.1-12
Creator
Ziegler, Jack.
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
11 drawings.
Notes
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Sept. 13, 1976.
216 x 280 mm (each)
Inscriptions/Markings
"PnGA 897.1"--in pencil on verso of first sheet; "PnGA 897.2"--in pencil on verso of second sheet; "PnGA 897.3"--in pencil on verso of third sheet; "PnGA 897.4"--in pencil on verso of fourth sheet; "PnGA 897.5"--in pencil on verso of fifth sheet; "PnGA 897.7"--in pencil on verso of sixth sheet; "PnGA 897.6"--in pencil on verso of seventh sheet; "PnGA 897.9"--in pencil on verso of eighth sheet; "PnGA 897.10"--in pencil on verso of ninth sheet; "PnGA 897.8"--in pencil on verso of tenth sheet; "PnGA 897.11"--in pencil on verso of eleventh sheet; "PnGA 897b"--in pencil on verso of letter.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Series of drawings depict the world being sucked into a black hole: man stands at bus stop and notices a hole in the ground, hole expands and swallows the sign, then buildings and people are falling into the ever growing hole, the Empire State Building is sucked in, the earth is depicted as having a hole in the middle, which grows larger and eventually the earth disappears leaving the backdrop of stars. Under the drawings there are rhythmic sounds indicated such as "Bam chunka chunka, dom dom dom, thum thum baboom ... ".
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite and correction fluid, on paper.
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