Additional information
| Artist | Foy |
|---|---|
| Country | American |
| Region | North American |
ArtistBarrymore. Lionel
Artist Years1878-1954
Artist NationalityAmerican
TitlePurdy’s Basin
Yearca. 1934
MediumPrint > Etching
DimensionsPlate: 8.5 X 12.2 inches
Sheet: 10.5 X 14 inches
Description
Original etching, signed in pencil and annotated with title, printed in black on heavy, felt-finish, cream laid paper. Not the Talio-chrome reproduction, but the real original etching. Extremely rare. Near fine condition, tape residue, top edge, verso. Free shipping to US address.
(bx-72)
Accession Number587208
NotesLionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr Leonard Gillespie in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's nine Dr Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series titled The Story of Dr Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
Barrymore also composed music. His works ranged from solo piano pieces to large-scale orchestral works, such as Tableau Russe, which was performed twice in Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) as Cornelia's Symphony, first on piano by Nils Asther's character and later by a full symphony orchestra. His piano compositions, "Scherzo Grotesque" and "Song Without Words", were published by G. Schirmer in 1945. Upon the death of his brother John in 1942, he composed a work "In Memoriam", which was performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. His orchestral Partita was given multiple performances. He also composed the theme song of the radio program Mayor of the Town.
Barrymore had attended art school in New York and Paris and was a skillful graphic artist, creating etchings and drawings and was a member of the Society of American Etchers, now known as the Society of American Graphic Artists. For years, he maintained an artist's shop and studio attached to his home in Los Angeles. Some of his etchings were included in the Hundred Prints of the Year.
He also wrote a historical novel, Mr. Cantonwine: A Moral Tale (1953). And, was also a horticulturalist, growing roses on his Chatsworth Ranch.
Barrymore died on November 15, 1954, from a heart attack in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was entombed in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.
(source: wikipedia.org)
Price $1,400.00