Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Title:

Infinite jest : caricature and satire from Leonardo to Levine / Constance C. McPhee and Nadine M. Orenstein.

Alternate Title(s):

Caricature and satire from Leonardo to Levine

Published / Created:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; c2011.

New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2011.

Physical Description:

viii, 216 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 26 cm

Holdings:

Reference Library
NC1315.N49 M486 2011 (LC)

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

BEIN 2017 +473: Dust jacket. Presentation inscription to William Nightingale. Gift of William Nightingale Yale 1953.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 13, 2011-Mar. 4, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"Shoot folly as it flies" : humor on paper / Constance C. McPhee with contributions by Nadine M. Orenstein -- Caricature and satire from Leonardo to Levine -- Elements of caricature -- Social satire -- Politics -- Celebrities.

Subject Terms:

Caricatures and cartoons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions. | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions. | Nightingale, William -- Presentation inscription. | Greenberg, Richard -- Ownership.

Form/Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Contributors:

McPhee, Constance C. | Orenstein, Nadine. | William Nightingale Yale 1953 Cartoon Book Collection.