"... and this one, of course, is a commission." : cartoon for Playboy [drawing].

Record ID: 
267228
Accession number: 
MA 12888
Author: 
Taylor, Richard.
Published: 
1961.
Credit: 
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden, 2006.
Description: 
1 drawing.
Notes: 

Original drawing for a cartoon published in Playboy, Nov. 1961.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Playboy publications stamp--on bottom right verso; "Taylor Nov. 1961 pg. 87"--typed on sticker on lower right verso.

Summary: 

Painter shows an older man a portrait of an elderly woman in a long black dress, while the rest of his canvases in the studio are paintings of young female nudes.

Medium: 
Pen, brush and black and colored inks with correction fluid on illustration board.
Dimensions: 
510 x 380 mm
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden.
Classification: