CARUSO ENRICO Ink drawing Signed two full length caricatures

Sale 2543 - Lot 90

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CARUSO, ENRICO. Ink drawing, Signed, two full-length caricatures, showing a tall man leaning over and facing a short man, each in profile. Signed in pencil diagonally at lower edge, with holograph captions: "Mr Uterhart" at upper left, "Fontana" at upper right, "Noi ce ne godiamo!" at lower center. 14x8 1/2 inches; minor loss to upper left corner, some chipping and short closed tears at all edges. Np, nd

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In addition to drawing caricatures for friends and admirers, Caruso drew many for publication in La Follia di New York, an Italian-language newspaper published by his friend, Marziale Sisca. Caruso's drawings intended for publication often include faint pencil or blue pencil sketch lines below the inked line, as well as editor's notes and ink stamps in margins and on versos. Many of these caricatures were anthologized in Caricatures by Enrico Caruso (New York: La Follia di New York, 1908); the drawing in the present lot appears on page 144.