Robert Edeson

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Artist/Maker	Lieber & Lewis (publishers) Al Frueh (artist)
Place of origin	New York (published)

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.

The print is a caricature of the American stage and film actor, Robert Edeson (1868-1931).

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Robert Edeson (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Linocut, printed ink on paper Printing Ink Paper Print-Making Linoleum-Block Printing
Brief description	Colour linocut by Al Frueh of Robert Edeson, published 1922
Physical description	Linocut caricature of Robert Edeson, full length, profile, looking left. Edeson's face is printed in beige, his hair in black, and his suit in black outline. Frueh's signature is printed in black, bottom left.
Dimensions	Height: 29.1cm Width: 14.8cm
Credit line	Given by Alfred J Frueh
Subject depicted	Edeson, Robert
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. The print is a caricature of the American stage and film actor, Robert Edeson (1868-1931).
Bibliographic reference	Theatre Caricatures by Al Frueh: West End Meets Broadway, introduction by Mike and Nancy Frueh. London: Theatre Museum, 1990. 16p.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.444-1990

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Record created	September 12, 2016
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1368118/robert-edeson-print-al-frueh/

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