My name's Johnson. I thought we ought to know each other, seeing that we have a mutual friend, Richard Lindner

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Richard Lindner, My name's Johnson. I thought we ought to know each other, seeing that we have a mutual friend
Richard Lindner, My name's Johnson. I thought we ought to know each other, seeing that we have a mutual friend
Richard Lindner
My name's Johnson. I thought we ought to know each other, seeing that we have a mutual friend
circa 1957
Richard Lindner, artist
1901–1978
My name's Johnson. I thought we ought to know each other, seeing that we have a mutual friend, circa 1957
Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, March 1957
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: watercolor; pen; ink; board
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 35.5 x 25.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 x 10 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 43 x 33.8 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 15/16 x 13 5/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0687
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Because tattooing was seen by Western colonizers as a barbaric practice of Indigenous communities, sailors tattooed themselves to signify their strength, vitality, and resilience as they traveled far from home. The text of this comic refers to a “mutual friend,” which, in combination with the matching pin-up tattoos on each sailor’s chest, implies that the depicted woman is a sex worker whom both sailors have visited.

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