VAN DE WALLE Willy & SERVAIS Paul (red.)Livre Rare Book
Original drawing of Louise Brooks by Willy Pogány circa 1930s
1930rif. 163830N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage caricature drawing of silent film actress dancer and Jazz Age icon Louise Brooks smiling in a short pink dress executed in graphite charcoal and pastel by noted Hungarian artist Willy Pogány circa 1930s. Drawing comes with a letter of provenance from the Louise Brooks estate. A contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber and others artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood-likely the time period in which this drawing was created. Drawing approximately 14 x 19 inches unexamined out of frame. Near Fine lightly age toned along the edges. N.p. unknown
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