Richard Prince

Untitled (Joke- "hung by the chimney")
1988

A black and white cartoon depicting a man in a suit with his hands on his hips looking at a child next to a fireplace. The room is filled with books and a ladder, suggesting a library setting. There is a caption at the bottom that reads, "If you call that being by the chimney with care!" The artist's signature, "Mordillo," is visible in the lower right corner.

A black and white cartoon depicting a man in a suit with his hands on his hips looking at a child next to a fireplace. The room is filled with books and a ladder, suggesting a library setting. There is a caption at the bottom that reads, "If you call that being by the chimney with care!" The artist's signature, "Mordillo," is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
1988

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 39 3/4 × 25 15/16in. (101 × 65.9 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.319

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Richard Prince
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