BIB_ID
266717
Accession number
MA 11706
Creator
Martin, Henry, 1925-
Published
1988.
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, Aug. 8, 1988.
Original names of the leftmost and rightmost devices were "Thingumabob" and "Thingumadoo": changed to "Whatchimacallit" and "Doohickey" for publication.
Original names of the leftmost and rightmost devices were "Thingumabob" and "Thingumadoo": changed to "Whatchimacallit" and "Doohickey" for publication.
280 x 217 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"PnGA 949" -- in pencil on verso; "Whatchimacallit. Doohickey" -- in pencil on recto.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Three fantastical mechanical devices: Watchamacallit, Thingamajig and Doohickey.
Medium
Pen and black ink with porous pointed pen and graphite inscription, on paper.
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