BIB_ID
266670
Accession number
MA 11742.1-9
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
8 drawings.
Notes
Original drawings for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, April 5, 1976.
280 x 218 mm (each)
Inscriptions/Markings
"PnGA 902.1"--in pencil on bottom left verso of first sheet; "unprovoked assaults the unexpected assault unprovoked"--in pencil on center recto of first sheet; "one page"--in pencil on top right recto of first sheet; "PnGA 902.2"--in pencil on bottom left verso of second sheet; "PnGA 902.3"--in pencil on bottom left verso of third sheet; "PnGA 902.4"--in pencil on bottom left verso of fourth sheet; "stuffed shirt type"--in pencil on top right recto of fourth sheet; "PnGA 902.5"--in pencil on bottom left verso of fifth sheet; "holding cocktail"--in pencil on center right recto; "PnGA 902.6"--in pencil on bottom left verso of sixth sheet; "perhaps more than one person"--in pencil on center right recto; "PnGA 902.7"--in pencil on bottom left verso of seventh sheet; "2129"--in pencil on top left verso of seventh sheet; "more compact drawing"--in pencil on center recto of seventh sheet; "PnGA 902.8"--in pencil on bottom left verso of eighth sheet; copyright 1976 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. stamp on bottom center verso of eighth sheet; "A6410E"--in ink on bottom center verso of eighth sheet.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Depictions of various surprising problems including a man eating a jalapeno pepper hors d'oeuvre, noon whistle knocking a man off a ledge, popcorn kernel thrown at a person, large hairdo knocking into wind chimes, Henny Youngman monologue and Muzak being played in an elevator, and a dust ball rolling on a wooden floor.
Medium
Pen, brush and black ink with graphite inscriptions, on paper.
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