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Let's Not Become So Absorbed Admiring The Picture That The Paint Water Inadvertently Spills On It.

Let's Not Become So Absorbed Admiring The Picture That The Paint Water Inadvertently Spills On It. - Cartoon
Accession #: 4124.7
Title: Let's Not Become So Absorbed Admiring The Picture That The Paint Water Inadvertently Spills On It.
Object Type: Cartoon
Date: August 18, 1968
Participants:
Physical Description: Ink cartoon drawing on paper depicting an artist figure labeled "Northwest" regarding a painting threatened by a teetering can of pollution above the painting.
Description: An astute observer of local, regional, and national politics, Shaw McCutcheon was The Spokesman-Review editorial cartoonist from 1950 to 1986. He majored in math at Harvard University, served as a B-17 weather officer during World War II, received art training at the Chicago Academy of Art, and then matched his father's long career as Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist. His insightful cartoons examined social, economic, and political events - in this case a 1960s environmental theme, "Let's Not Become So Absorbed Admiring the Picture that the Paint Water Inadvertently Spills On It."
Category: Art
Geographical Reference: Spokane (Washington->Spokane County)
Dimensions:
Mat Dimensions HxW 20 x 16 in
Materials/Techniques:
paper (fiber product) ( -> -> ) (Material)
ink ( -> ->coating (material)) (Material)
Marks/Inscription:
"Let's Not Become So Absorbed Admiring The Picture That The Paint Water Inadvertently Spills On It," top center margin; "Northwest," on image; "Pollution," on image; "Shaw McCutcheon," lower edge of image
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Credit Line: Gift of the Artist, 2006
Copyright:
non-exclusive license to the MAC
Copyright Holder: Shaw McCutcheon, Ft. Lauderdale
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