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

Creator: Al Jaffee
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
"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

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Ink,Wash, Gouache,Illustration Board,
Condition:	Good. some light fading and staining outside the "live area" unframed.
Creation Date:	1968
Styles / Movements:	Conceptualism, Outsider Art, Illustration
Article References:	Mad Magazine
Incollect Reference #:	767482

Dimensions

W.	13 in;	H.	11 in;
W.	33.02 cm;	H.	27.94 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.