Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Please wait to be seated : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
266787
Accession number
MA 11644
Creator
Steiner, Peter, 1940-
Published
1980.
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 21, 1980.
220 x 280 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"This guy looks too much like a tourist." -- in pencil on recto; this figure's clothing was changed for publication. "PnGA 1019" -- in pencil on verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
A sign at a small town hardware store says "Please wait to be seated." A group of rural types wait in line while others talk it up on a bench in front of the store.
Medium
Pen and black ink with black and white watercolor, on paper.
Classification