Life's Little Jokes #590,003
Date1921
Artist
Rube Goldberg
(American cartoonist, sculptor, and author, 1883–1970)
Illustration CitationSyndicated: appeared in The News (Paterson, NJ), February 28, 1921
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 5 1/8 × 17 1/16 in. (13 × 43.3 cm)
sheet: 8 13/16 × 20 5/16 in. (22.4 × 51.6 cm)
sheet: 8 13/16 × 20 5/16 in. (22.4 × 51.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Reuben Goldberg, 1981
Object number1981-97
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
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.
