BIB_ID
342058
Accession number
MA 11902
Creator
Cheney, Tom, 1954-
Published
1992.
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, Dec. 28, 1992.
217 x 283 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"1/4/93"--in ink with artist's signature on center verso; editorial notes on punctuation and appearance of firemen--in pencil on bottom right verso.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Police, firemen and swat team members in riot gear arrive at a burning building named "Crisis Center", where there are people falling from the upper floors, throwing bricks through the front window, barricading themselves behind mattresses and running out the door.
Medium
Porous pointed pen with graphite and opaque watercolor on paper.
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