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Mona Lisa as a pitcher for the Mets. : cover illustration for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID
267219
Accession number
MA 11932
Creator
Handelsman, J. B.
Published
1991.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2006.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, June 3, 1991.
355 x 278 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"June 25, 1991"--in ink with artist's signature on top left verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
Summary
Mona Lisa is depicted as a right handed pitcher for the New York Mets, on the mound at Shea Stadium and ready to throw a pitch.
Medium
Porous pointed pen, opaque watercolor tempera, colored inks, pen and black ink, blue colored pencil and correction fluid, on paper.
Classification