Jeanne Eagels in the Course of the Telephonic Tour de Force that Marks the Second Act of "Her Cardboard Lover"

© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
© Artist or Artist's Estate
Jeanne Eagels in the Course of the Telephonic Tour de Force that Marks the Second Act of "Her Cardboard Lover"
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Jeanne Eagels in the Course of the Telephonic Tour de Force that Marks the Second Act of "Her Cardboard Lover"

Date1927
Artist (Swedish-American artist, illustrator, and cartoonist, 1885–1948)
Illustration CitationNew York Times, March 27, 1927
MediumInk and graphite on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 15 3/8 × 12 5/16 in. (39.1 × 31.3 cm)
sheet: 18 11/16 × 14 9/16 in. (47.5 × 37 cm)
Credit LineGift of Valentine Cesare, 1992
Object number1992-47
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextOscar Cesare was a Swedish-born American caricaturist, painter, draftsman and editorial cartoonist. By 1911, after studies in Paris, he was living in New York City, where he worked at several publications, including The New York Times, throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

This drawing is a caricature of the Broadway and film actress Jeanne Eagels, in which Cesare captures her distinctive profile. An inscription on the reverse indicates that it was done for the magazine Drama in March, 1927. At that time, Eagels was appearing on Broadway in the romantic comedy Her Cardboard Lover.
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