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Al Jaffee
Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions - Mad Magazine -Table for How Many Restaurant

1968

$10,000
£7,692.67
€8,929
CA$14,102.39
A$15,797.05
CHF 8,297.18
MX$192,087
NOK 105,069.38
SEK 99,739.10
DKK 66,640.57

About the Item

"Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" is one of Al Jaffee's signature series. This work was a double-page work that appeared on pages 60 - 61 in Mad Magazine in 1968. Although this was done for an assignment for a commercial magazine, Jaffee is a concept artist doing Conceptual Art in 1968. Signed lower right The work is done in Pen, ink wash, and gouache on an illustration board, with printed text paste-ups, production notes, and annotations in the margins. Notice how creative Jaffee's logo is where is hair is his signature. Unframed. Sheet size; 13 x 15 3/4 inches.
  • Creator:
    Al Jaffee (1921, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1968
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    some light fading and staining outside the "live area" unframed.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU385315474602

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