Rudy Vallee – Vintage Wall Art
![Rudy Vallee, [1930] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ef/ef71d7065b94-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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This rare historic drawing captures Rudy Vallee in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Rudy Vallee
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Rudy Vallee, the bandleader and crooner who became a radio favorite in the late 1920s, is the subject here, drawn in color by Miguel Covarrubias. The caricature appeared in 1930 as an illustration for John Riddell's detective novel *The John Riddell Murder Case*, published that year by Charles Scribner's Sons. Covarrubias, a Mexican artist working in New York, was known for exaggerated, elegant portraits of celebrities for magazines like *Vanity Fair*, and his sharp lines turn the singer's features into a playful, instantly recognizable likeness.
| Created / published | [1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Caricatures American.Drawings Color. |
| Notes | Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures / by Beverly J. Cox and Denna Jones Anderson. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. (DLC/PP-1976:R2.6) Published in: John Riddell murder case / John Riddell. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224. |
| Subjects | Vallee, Rudy,--1901- |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,104 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157795 |
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