BIB_ID
266762
Accession number
MA 11665
Creator
Booth, George, 1926-
Published
1974.
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, July 22, 1974.
The drawing on the recto is an earlier draft of a 1979 published cartoon of the same theme, which uses the name the Mr. Pudney in the actual caption instead of Mr. Horton as listed in the many caption variants handwritten on recto.
The drawing on the verso has a large amount of text beneath the image, comprised of possible caption options; the actual published one was completely different and listed in title field above.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The drawing on the recto is an earlier draft of a 1979 published cartoon of the same theme, which uses the name the Mr. Pudney in the actual caption instead of Mr. Horton as listed in the many caption variants handwritten on recto.
The drawing on the verso has a large amount of text beneath the image, comprised of possible caption options; the actual published one was completely different and listed in title field above.
Title supplied by cataloger.
305 x 230 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"PnGA 994" -- in pencil on verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Recto: Woman speaks to reporter as she sits with her disgruntled looking husband in the living room; they are surrounded by many small horses. Verso: Wife to wild-haired husband who sitting over his typewriter on the back porch.
Medium
Black ballpoint pen and blue colored pencil on recto, black ballpoint pen and red porous pointed pen on verso, on paper.
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