Town Tattler
Drawing
Black and white cartoon of five ladies gathered in a living room with a male figure in glasses standing closer to the door and adjusting his collar. A pigeon-chested woman is speaking with arm pointing towards a dog entering the room with dirty paws. There is a typewritten caption mounted on the matting that reads "Using her new vocabulary, she firmly ordered her son to 'take the dog by the narrative and extinguish him.' "
Separate title block "Town Tattler" pasted in upper left corner. Artists signature N.P. Steinberg in lower right corner.
2018.23.05
Ink - Black
PaperInk
Artworks
Gollannek, Eric 1975-
2018.23
Kutzel, Ken
Donation
Steinberg, Nat 1893-1976
1940 - 1960
Date: 1940 School: Chicago Technique: Pen and ink
Signed Name: N. P. Steinberg Signature Location: Lower right
Graphic designIllustrationTypographyTown TattlerWritingLiterary humorBook clubsChicago, IllinoisDomestic interiorHumor
16-1/2 in
20-1/2 in
Frame Size: 16.5" by 20.5" Image Size: 7.5" by 15.5"
AC bay 10
Art Conservation Room
Good
Glass needs cleaning. Slight discoloration on original board. Film used to provide texture and depth in layout floating free of board surface under glass.
Steinberg, Nat 1893-1976
Status: OK Status By: Eric Gollannek Status Date: 2018-09-10
09/10/2018
10/27/2025