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

BIB_ID
267220
Accession number
MA 11934
Creator
Handelsman, J. B.
Published
1989.
Credit line
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.
303 x 230 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"April 18, 1989"--in ink with artist's signature on top left verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
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.
Classification