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InscribedRecto: "That's Life - by Rube Goldberg Mon Nov 20" in blue fountain pen in bottom border. Verso: There is a cut-out printed paper attachment within the image "McNaught Syndicate Inc., N.Y."
Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, A.K. invents a simple way to put out the light after you fall asleep
Artist
Rube Goldberg
(American ; 1883-1970)
Copy Right Holder
Rube Goldberg, Inc.
Date1933
MediumIndia ink on paper
Dimensions6 7/16 × 20 5/8 in. (16.4 × 52.4 cm)
frame: 16 7/8 x 27 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (42.9 x 70.8 x 4.8 cm)
image: 4 1/4 × 20 5/8 in. (10.8 × 52.4 cm)
frame: 16 7/8 x 27 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (42.9 x 70.8 x 4.8 cm)
image: 4 1/4 × 20 5/8 in. (10.8 × 52.4 cm)
Classification(s)
- DRAWING
Credit LineGift of George W. George
Terms
- bed
- sleeping
- invention
- cartoon
- figure
- book
- fly
- gun
- lamp
- tube
Object number81.24.56
DescriptionIndia ink over pencil sketch with printed plastic overlay cut out (on blanket).InscribedRecto: "That's Life - by Rube Goldberg Mon Nov 20" in blue fountain pen in bottom border. Verso: There is a cut-out printed paper attachment within the image "McNaught Syndicate Inc., N.Y."
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