But It Doesn't Mean Anything

© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
© Artist or Artist's Estate
But It Doesn't Mean Anything
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

But It Doesn't Mean Anything

Date1920
Artist (American cartoonist, sculptor, and author, 1883–1970)
Illustration CitationSyndicated: appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 1920 (without Mike & Ike panel)
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 8 11/16 × 19 7/8 in. (22.1 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Reuben Goldberg, 1981
Object number1981-96
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextWhile Rube Goldberg was known primarily for his humorous drawings of impossibly complicated contraptions, in 1907 he created the comic strip Mike and Ike, featuring identical twins who were constantly involved in silly situations.