BIB_ID
271255
Accession number
MA 12786
Creator
Steinberg, Saul.
Published
1955.
Credit line
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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
365 x 287 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Ink spot depictions of potted plants--in ink on verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden.
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.
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