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Norman Trevor

Print
1922 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Al Frueh (1880-1968) was an American cartoonist and caricaturist for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1962. This print forms part of a portfolio of caricatures, Stage Folk: A Book of Caricatures by Frueh, published by Lieber & Lewis in 1922. It was exhibited at the Theatre Museum in Theatre Caricatures by Al Frueh: West End Meets Broadway, in 1990.

This print is a caricature of the actor and producer Norman Trevor (1877-1929). He is shown here in W. Somerset Maugham's play Caesar's Wife in 1919, which opened at the Royalty Theatre in London and transferred to the Liberty Theatre in New York.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNorman Trevor (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Linocut, printed ink on paper
Brief description
Colour linocut by Al Frueh of Norman Trevor in Caesar's Wife in 1919, published 1922
Physical description
Linocut caricature of Norman Trevor with his arms crossed and head turned to one side. The outline drawing and shaded areas of Trevor's jacket have been printed in black. The main body of the jacket has been printed in dark grey. The background and Trevor's eye has been printed in pale grey, leaving his face, shirt, hands and Frueh's signature un-printed showing the paper beneath.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.4cm
  • Width: 25.6cm
Dimensions taken from exhibition catalogue
Credit line
Given by Alfred J Frueh
Subject depicted
Summary
Al Frueh (1880-1968) was an American cartoonist and caricaturist for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1962. This print forms part of a portfolio of caricatures, Stage Folk: A Book of Caricatures by Frueh, published by Lieber & Lewis in 1922. It was exhibited at the Theatre Museum in Theatre Caricatures by Al Frueh: West End Meets Broadway, in 1990.

This print is a caricature of the actor and producer Norman Trevor (1877-1929). He is shown here in W. Somerset Maugham's play Caesar's Wife in 1919, which opened at the Royalty Theatre in London and transferred to the Liberty Theatre in New York.
Bibliographic reference
Theatre Caricatures by Al Frueh: West End Meets Broadway, introduction by Mike and Nancy Frueh. London: Theatre Museum, 1990. 16p.
Collection
Accession number
S.471-1990

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Record createdFebruary 15, 2013
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