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EDWARD SOREL (1929-) Richard Nixon as W.C. Fields.
Pen, ink, and collage on paper, circa 1970. 440x395 mm; 17 1/4x15 1/2 inches. Signed and dated "Edward Sorel '70" in ink, upper left image.
Provenance: Leo Castelli Gallery; Rick Meyerowitz, purchased from the above, 1972.
In this sly caricature, Sorel depicts "Tricky Dick" Nixon hiding his hand of cards a la actor/comedian W. C. Fields in his famous role as conman Cuthbert J. Twillie in the 1940 film "My Little Chickadee." Here, Sorel reveals Nixon's view in a visual bubble where we see that he is holding a terrible hand: a busted flush and a busted straight; his only move now is to bluff the other players at the table into thinking he holds better cards then he does.
