Record ID:
271255
Accession number:
MA 12786
Published:
1955.
Credit:
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Melvin R. Seiden in honor of Charles E. Pierce Jr., 2007.
Description:
1 drawing.
Notes:
Original drawing for a cartoon published in a portfolio of musical sounds, The New Yorker, Feb. 12, 1955.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Ink spot depictions of potted plants--in ink on verso.
Summary:
A pianist is shown playing an invisible instrument, but the music he creates masses into a smoky cloud on a moonlight night; part of a multipart layout of cartoons showing visual representations of various instruments's sounds.
Medium:
Pen and black ink on paper.
Dimensions:
365 x 287 mm
Provenance:
Melvin R. Seiden.
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