BIB_ID
426668
Accession number
MA 23829.21
Creator
François, André, 1915-2005.
Display Date
1991.
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, July 1,1991.
Mounted on mat board backing.
Mounted on mat board backing.
349 x 275 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed by the artist in ink at lower right; "Collage 1991" in ink on verso of mat board mount, along with a sticker bearing the copyright statement of the New Yorker Magazine.
Summary
Drawing of two bees executed on a background of printed floral wallpaper decorated with large, pink roses; the bees are each seated on a flower and hold up wineglasses with which they toast one another.
Medium
Brown ink, colored and white opaque watercolor, and colored pencil with paper collage on what appears to be a piece of wallpaper, with embossed paper strip along left edge.
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