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Julia Marlowe / Frueh. – Vintage Wall Art

Julia Marlowe / Frueh., [1922] — historic print
Julia Marlowe / Frueh., [1922]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Julia Marlowe / Frueh.

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Among the plates in *Stage Folk*, this one turns the caricaturist's eye on Julia Marlowe, the actress whose name is printed beneath the portrait. Marlowe, born in 1865, was among the best-known American interpreters of Shakespeare in the early twentieth century, and she and her husband, E. H. Sothern, toured the classics together for years. Al Frueh, the artist, was a New York illustrator known for exaggerated, character-driven drawings of stage figures. This color linocut, signed on the block, shows how printmaking could render a performer's personality in bold, simplified lines.

Created / published[1922]
Medium1 print : linocut, color ; 28.7 x 24.1 cm. (sheet)
Genre[plate 3]."
NotesSigned on block. Title transcribed from Cast of Characters" contents page. Forms part of: The Alfred Bendiner Memorial Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Stage Folk: A book of caricatures by Frueh. New York : Lieber & Lewis
SubjectsMarlowe, Julia,--1865-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,800 × 4,721 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221095

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