BIB_ID
446519
Accession number
MA 23829.39
Creator
Cummings, Joe, artist.
Display Date
London?, 1988 June 2
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Anonymous gift in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2021.
Description
1 drawing
Notes
Title from item.
Signed by the artist at lower left.
Signed by the artist at lower left.
390 x 284 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in marker on verso: 2nd June 1988. Gorbachev's Perestroika is likened to opening Pandora's box.
Summary
Cartoon shows Mikhail Gorbachev opening a box labeled "Perestroika", out of which evil spirits fly and circle his head.
Medium
Black ink over graphite touched with white, on cardstock.
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