BIB_ID
426667
Accession number
MA 23829.20
Creator
Birnbaum, Abe, 1899-1966.
Display Date
1965.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Anonymous Gift in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2021.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for an illustration published on the cover of The New Yorker, Dec. 4,1965.
519 x 353 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with the artist's initials in paint at lower left; with trim marks in pencil at the margins.
Summary
Drawing of a long-stemmed vase with a full bouquet of multicolored petals; a smaller drawing has been mounted onto the sheet in the bowl of the vase, and shows two figures in the interior of what appears to be a florist's shop.
Medium
Colored matte opaque and transparent paint with graphite, black pencil, and paper collage.
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