"All I can figure is that he must have been inspecting the water quality of our lakes and rivers when he became entangled in cement." : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

BIB_ID

290175

Accession number

MA 12274

Creator

Cotham, Frank.

Published

1996.

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, Sept. 30, 1996.

343 x 267 mm

Provenance

Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.

Summary

Weary looking defendant on witness stand in court, as a lawyer interrogates him about a mafia style killing by drowning.

Medium

Pen and black ink with black watercolor pencil with graphite, overlaid correction and correction fluid, on paper.

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