Cell Phone: A Ubiquitous Blight
Artist
Patrick Oliphant
(American, born Australia, 1935)
Publisher
Landfall Press
(American, founded 1970)
Printer
Steven Campbell
Date1999
Mediumetching
DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 x 10 7/8 in. (34.8 x 27.6 cm)
Plate Mark: 13 11/16 x 10 7/8 in. (34.8 x 27.6 cm)
Support: 19 1/16 x 15 15/16 in. (48.4 x 40.5 cm)
Plate Mark: 13 11/16 x 10 7/8 in. (34.8 x 27.6 cm)
Support: 19 1/16 x 15 15/16 in. (48.4 x 40.5 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 2013
Object number2013.35.18
DescriptionA six panel cartoon news strip featuring a man yelling into his cellphone in various locations throughout a city. The fifth panel features the man at a bar yelling into the phone while the gentleman next to him clenches his fists and gives him a dirty look. The last panel depicts the man on all fours on the doctor's table with the doctor examining his bottom.eMuseum Notes
Recto center of the news strip reads: Cell Phone: The Ubiquitous Blight
The text in the sixth panel reads: I see the problem - How did a cell phone get up there?
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