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Public enemy No.27 (from 'That's Life')

Artist Rube Goldberg (American ; 1883-1970)
Copy Right Holder Rube Goldberg, Inc.
DateFriday, Nov. 25, 1932
Dimensionsimage: 17 x 4 1/4 in. (43.2 x 10.8 cm)
Classification(s)
  • DRAWING
Credit LineGift of George W. George, Class of 1941
Terms
  • weight
  • women
  • scale
  • crying
  • policeman
  • eating disorders
  • cartoon
Object numberM.2004.21.43
Descriptionink, blue pencil, and color dot pattern film on paper (per appraisal)
Inscribedin image c.l. in ink: RLGOLDBERG. 11-25.; center on paper adhered to cartoon: McNaught Syndicate, Inc. N.Y.; l.r. on paper adhered to cartoon: Distributed by King Features Syndicate. World rights reserved.; u.r. in blue pencil: x[encircled]; l.r. in ink: 1932/ Fri. Nov.25; l.c. in ink: That's life -by Rube Goldberg; verso l.r. in pencil: 14[encircled]; verso l.l. in pencil: 10[encircled]
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