BIB_ID
266769
Accession number
MA 11658
Creator
Booth, George, 1926-
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
1 drawing.
Notes
Many alternate sketch versions of the old man's face, the dog and the cat are beneath the main image.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Mar. 21, 1977.
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Mar. 21, 1977.
305 x 228 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"PnGA 1001" -- in pencil on verso; "Ralph Bloomenthal" -- in ink on verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Old woman to husband reading newspaper with cat and dog at his feet.
Medium
Black ballpoint pen on paper.
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