Strauss, Richard. (1864–1949)

Signed Portrait

Original pencil caricature drawing of the composer by William Sharp. 220 x 204 mm, n.d., signed by the subject ("Richard Strauss") and by the artist in initials, ("W.S."), framed, fine.



William Sharp was an illustrator for the New York Times and other American publications from 1934, after he fled the Nazis. See "The Pointed Pen: William Sharp's Courtroom Drawings, Political Caricatures and Book Illustrations From the 1930s-1950s," Queens Museum of Art retrospective, 2003. (1736)
Signed Photograph
Classical Music