A "Air" One, A "Sea" One, and a "Land" One

1917

George Herriman

Associated Names
George Herriman

Artist, American, 1880 - 1944

This is a drawing of a comic strip featuring animals and anthropomorphic objects in imaginative scenarios. The strip has several panels showing different whimsical scenes. One panel shows a character peeping through a door under a crescent moon. Another panel shows an animal character interacting with a large rope in a barren landscape. There is a scene where the character is delivering a package from a "Furniture" store, with comical dialogue about timely delivery. The lower panels show an aerial and aquatic adventure with a makeshift aircraft and a boat. The drawing is in black and white with detailed line work and shading.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    India ink, blue colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Garry Trudeau

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irregular): 62.87 × 52.07 cm (24 3/4 × 20 1/2 in.)
    image: 55.25 × 47.31 cm (21 3/4 × 18 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.21.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Garry Trudeau, New York; gift to NGA, 2016

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite by unknown hand: 509 Benday; lower right in blue colored pencil by unknown hand: Ben Day - STIPPLE [underlined]; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: D-89; along bottom edge of verso in blue colored pencil by unknown hand: City Life April 22, 1917; lower center verso: remains of torn pink engraving order pasted down

Wikidata ID

Q64571450

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