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R.O. BLECHMAN. God creating Man, Man creating Drone. Cartoon for The New York Times, published March 16, 2013. Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper. 108x171 mm; 4 1/4x6 3/4 inches, on 6x9-inch sheet. Signed "Blechman" in lower right image. Stray artist's marks on verso. Hinged to matte.
Blechman (1930 - ) is an American cartoonist, an Emmy award-winning animator, children's book author, and graphic novelist. In the mid 1960s, Blechman received acclaim for his revolutionary commercial for Alka-Seltzer featuring a man arguing with his stomach (voiced by Gene Wilder.) In 2003, his career was celebrated by a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2015.
