BIB_ID
266669
Accession number
MA 11741.1-6
Creator
Ziegler, Jack.
Published
1977.
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
6 drawings.
Notes
Descriptive texts in drawings differ greatly from published versions; also Pablo Picasso and Fiorello LaGuardia were added to published cartoon, with Rasputin being removed.
Original drawings for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, June 6, 1977.
Original drawings for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, June 6, 1977.
218 x 280 mm (each)
Inscriptions/Markings
"PnGA 901.1"--in pencil on bottom left verso of first sheet; "2692"--in pencil on verso of first sheet; "public interest grant sponsored corporate-sponsored biographical textbooks commissioned"--in pencil on recto of first sheet; "PnGA 901.2"--in pencil on bottom left verso of second sheet; "no boat lawn chair in garden"--in pencil on top recto of second sheet; "PnGA 901.3"--in pencil on bottom left verso of third sheet; "PnGA 901.4"--in pencil on bottom left verso of fourth sheet; "blazing"--in pencil on top left recto of fourth sheet; "PnGA 901.5"--in pencil on bottom left verso of fifth sheet; "PnGA 901.6"--in pencil on bottom left verso of sixth sheet.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Six imagined biographical sketches of famous figures from history are sponsored by various corporations and include blatant product placement in the scenes: figures include Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, Pancho Villa, Albert Einstein, Rasputin, and Dostoevsky.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite inscriptions, on paper.
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