Cartoon for Japan Ad
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
1959-1960
Graphite on paper
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.11
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower left: Sonia Sheridan; inscribed, in graphite, lower center: In Japan; dated, in graphite, lower right: 1959-1960(?); inscribed, in graphite, on reverse lower left: Made trying to get a job to stay in Japan doing TV cartoons.
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #18: Japan: cartoon of guy in tub with KAO soap. Did as part of campaign to get job to stay in Japan. [Taiwan Notebook 1]
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