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Vanity Cases Are Much Too Small to Hold All the Necessary Articles| Think of This Guy

Artist Rube Goldberg (American ; 1883-1970)
Copy Right Holder Rube Goldberg, Inc.
Dateinscribed on verso: ca. 1929
Mediumink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 x 20 7/8 in. (18.4 x 53 cm)
Classification(s)
  • DRAWING
Credit LineGift of George W. George, Class of 1941
Terms
  • vanity table
  • mirror
  • makeup
  • cosmetics
  • female figures
  • cartoon
Object numberM.2004.21.62
Inscribedc. in image in ink: RLGOLDBERG.; c. in image in ink: RLG. + J.McC.; l.c. in ink: Vanity cases are much too small to hold all the necessary articles - by Rube Goldberg.; l.r. in ink: Fri. Dec.8; verso l.l. in pencil: 13[encircled]; verso l.r. in pencil: 5 or 6[encircled]; verso l.r. in pencil: CIRCA 1929
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