Edward Koren Original New Yorker Cartoon Drawing "I'm Demographically Perfect" antique school slate Circa 1910s-20s

Circa 1910s-20s

While it is possible this lining was added later

Saltillos are distinguished by the diamond shape woven in the center of the blanket

are featured in numerous museum collections of significant Native American objects

Edward Koren Original New Yorker Cartoon Drawing "I'm Demographically Perfect" antique school slate Circa 1910s-20sI'm pretty sure I remember this Edward Koren drawing from when it appeared as a New Yorker cartoon some years ago, but I have not been able to find it in the The New Yorker's archive in order to date it but surely what makes for demographic perfection has become more complex and conflicted since it was published! This is the original ink pen on cream paper board, with pencil (and some erasure marks) underneath, and signed in ink in the lower right