BIB_ID
281697
Accession number
MA 12743
Creator
Dunn, Alan, 1900-1974.
Published
1940.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Aug. 24, 1940.
361 x 338 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Alternate sketch version of the same scene--in pencil on center verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Soldier salutes and speaks to his superior, as he is visibly upset about the small company of army men sleeping under a tree and playing cards on the grass, near a farmhouse.
Medium
Black wax crayon on paper, mounted on illustration board.
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