Artist/Maker
Adolph Alexander Weinman
(1870 - 1952)
Depicted
Donald Marquis
(1878 - 1937)
Death mask of Donald Robert Perry Marquis (1878–1937)
1937
White painted plaster
Overall: 18 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 47.6 x 19 x 15.9 cm )
Gift of Mrs. Adolf Alexander Weinman
1953.33
Marquis, author and humorist, was born in Walnut, Illinois, the son of James S. and Virginia (Whitmore) Marquis. He first gained recognition in New York as a newspaper columnist writing for the New York Sun and the New York Tribune. Don Marquis, as he was known, was also the author of plays and short stories, although his more sober and serious efforts were never so successful or popular as his "mehitabel the cat" and "archy the cockroach" columns published in 1927 and 1950.
InscribedInscribed on back of neck: "DON MARQUIS / 1937"
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