Artist/Maker
William Henry Walker
(1871 - 1938)
Subject a Member or Associate
Dutch Treat Club
Portrait of Eugene Edward Buck (1885-1957)
1927
Graphite on notepad paper
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
1990.1.34
A producer and songwriter, Gene Buck was principal librettist for Ziegfeld Follies and Frolics from 1912; he wrote music for some thirty Ziegfeld productions.
DescriptionPortraitMarkingssignature and date: lower center: "WmHWalker Dec 1927"
inscription: lower center: "Gene Buck"
InscribedSigned and inscribed along lower edge in graphite: "Wm H Walker Dec 1927"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Gene Buck."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
William Henry Walker
1933
1990.1.155
