Alfred Frueh caricatures

id
235
origination
Frueh, Alfred Joseph, 1880-1968
date statement
1906-1962
key date
1906
identifier (local_mss)
22136
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Vim 2010-028
b-number
b19548176
total components
596
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:51 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 20:49:09 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitid
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Alfred Frueh caricatures"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1906-1962", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1906/1962"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"ca. 34 linocuts"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"some col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"46 x 36 cm. or smaller"}], "supress_display"=>true}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"15 boxes (ca. 530 drawings)"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"some col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"75 x 60 cm. or smaller"}], "supress_display"=>true}
date_inclusive_start
1906
date_inclusive_end
1962
origination
{"value"=>"Frueh, Alfred Joseph, 1880-1968", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Artist", "role_code"=>"art"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Caricaturist, cartoonist and illustrator, Alfred Frueh, was born in Lima, Ohio in 1880. In his early career, he worked at the St. Louis post-dispatch and the New York world. From 1908 to 1909, Frueh studied art in Europe. In 1925, Frueh joined the staff of the New Yorker magazine, which published his work until 1962. Frueh died in Sharon, Connecticut in 1968.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Black and white original caricatures and color linocuts of theatrical productions and personalities. Many of the caricatures of theatrical productions appeared in the New Yorker magazine between 1925 and 1962. Productions depicted include: The children's hour by Lillian Hellman, 1934 and 1953; Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, 1942 and 1953; Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, 1923 and 1935; Twentieth century by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (based on a play by Charles Bruce Milholland), 1933 and 1951; and the 1934 and 1936 editions of the Ziegfeld follies. Also included are 2 caricatures of the motion picture, City lights, 1931, with Charlie Chaplin, and 1 caricature of the Ziegfeld Theatre exterior, depicting the tower of the building as a woman's leg and foot, 1929.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Alfred Frueh caricatures are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/22136#c1137375'>Personalities</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/22136#c1137486'>Productions and Miscellaneous</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"internal"=>true, "method"=>"Gift;", "source"=>"Alfred J. Frueh, Jr. and siblings", "value"=>"Gift;, Alfred J. Frueh, Jr. and siblings"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Many of the personality caricatures are color linocuts that were published in Stage folk: A book of caricatures by Frueh (New York : Lieber & Lewis), 1922</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Personalities represented include: Ethel Barrymore, George M. Cohan, Fritzi Scheff, and Bert Williams</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>There are a number of sketches on the versos of the finished production caricatures</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1906
prefercite
{"value"=>"Alfred Frueh caricatures, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}
extent_statement
ca. 34 linocuts : some col ; 46 x 36 cm. or smaller. 15 boxes (ca. 530 drawings) : some col ; 75 x 60 cm. or smaller
abstract
{"value"=>"Caricaturist, cartoonist and illustrator, Alfred Frueh, was born in Lima, Ohio in 1880. In his early career, he worked at the St. Louis post-dispatch and the New York world. From 1908 to 1909, Frueh studied art in Europe. In 1925, Frueh joined the staff of the New Yorker magazine, which published his work until 1962. Frueh died in Sharon, Connecticut in 1968. Black and white original caricatures and color linocuts of theatrical productions and personalities. Many of the caricatures of theatrical productions appeared in the New Yorker magazine between 1925 and 1962. Productions depicted include: The children's hour by Lillian Hellman, 1934 and 1953; Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, 1942 and 1953; Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, 1923 and 1935; Twentieth century by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (based on a play by Charles Bruce Milholland), 1933 and 1951; and the 1934 and 1936 editions of the Ziegfeld follies. Also included are 2 caricatures of the motion picture, City lights, 1931, with Charlie Chaplin, and 1 caricature of the Ziegfeld Theatre exterior, depicting the tower of the building as a woman's leg and foot, 1929.", "generated"=>true}
date_start
1906
date_end
1962

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