Artist/Maker
William Henry Walker
(1871 - 1938)
Subject a Member or Associate
Dutch Treat Club
Caricature of Friedrich Schorr as Leonardo Da Vinci (1888-1953)
1931
Graphite on paper
Overall: 6 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 17.5 x 14 cm )
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
1990.1.132
The subject, an opera singer, was born in Nagyvarad, Hungary (later Rumania). He performed with New York's Metropolitan Opera Co. from 1924 to 1943.
DescriptionPortraitMarkingssignature, date, and inscription: lower right: "Wm. H. Walker / Mar 10 / Memory Sketch"
inscription: lower center: "The Wanderer / friedSchorr"
InscribedSigned and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H.Walker / Mar 10'' / Memory Sketch"; signed by sitter at lower center: " 'The Wanderer' / Fried Schorr"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
