Stage Folk: A book of caricatures by Frueh – Antique Wall Art
![Stage Folk: A book of caricatures by Frueh, [New York] : Lieber & Lewis, [1922] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a1/a1deab83dc49-L.webp)
(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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Stage Folk: A book of caricatures by Frueh comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Stage Folk: A book of caricatures by Frueh
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Unlike the portrait caricatures that usually fill a book like this, this cover shows puppets, the wooden performers of the marionette and puppet stage, and it signals the book's theme before a reader opens it. *Stage Folk* was published in New York by Lieber & Lewis around 1922 and collects caricatures by Frueh, whose sharp, exaggerated drawings of theater people were popular in the years after World War I. The image is a linocut, a block-printing method that leaves bold, simplified lines, and the cover shows how well that technique suits the stylized, slightly mocking character of the book's subject.
| Created / published | [New York] : Lieber & Lewis, [1922] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print mounted on board : linocut ; 38.2 x 20.9 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Caricatures 1920-1930.Book covers 1920-1930.Linocuts 1920-1930. |
| Notes | 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, c1922, cover. |
| Subjects | Puppets--1920-1930. Puppet shows--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,796 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221106 |
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