Goliath, the world's biggest Philistine, at the Gath Art Gallery : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
267220
Accession number: 
MA 11934
Author: 
Handelsman, J. B.
Published: 
1989.
Credit: 
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2006.
Description: 
1 drawing.
Notes: 

Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Mar. 27, 1989.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"April 18, 1989"--in ink with artist's signature on top left verso.

Summary: 

Goliath, dressed in sandals and armor, looks at a painting of a woman in a gallery and announces, "If that's art, I'll eat it", as his smaller companions, also dressed in ancient garb, look at him with annoyance and shock.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black ink with blue colored pencil on paper.
Dimensions: 
303 x 230 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden.
Classification: