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Formal portraits in charcoal of world leaders by Samuel J. Woolf, 1927-1945
Call No: LOT 15183 (H) (OSE)
LOT contains formal portraits of political and military leaders by Samuel J. Woolf. Some notable individuals include William Wallace Atterbury, Aristide Briand, Neville Chamberlain, Rudolf Hess, Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, Roberto M. Ortiz, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Éamon de Valera, King Carol II of Romania, Pope Pius XI, among others.
Drawings arranged alphabetically by the sitter's last name.
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 Portrait of Arturo Alessandri (1868-1950)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 1 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 Portrait of William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935), 1932
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 2 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 22 7/8 x 18 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 2 Portrait of Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), ca. 1934
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 3 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches
Labeled: Stanley Baldwin/Newsweek - 8-4-34 - p. 15
BOX 1 FOLDER 2 Portrait of Jean-Louis Barthou (1862-1934), ca. 1934
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 4 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches
Labeled: Jean-Louis Barthou/Newsweek - 5-20-34 - p. 20
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Portrait of Edvard Benes (1884-1948)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 5 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 22 x 17 1/8 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Portrait of Leon Blum (1872-1950), ca. 1936
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 6 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches
Labeled: Leon Blum/Newsweek - 5-30-36 - p. 16
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Portrait of King Boris of Bulgaria (1894-1943)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 7 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches
Labeled: King Boris (of Bulgaria)/Newsweek 12-8-34-P. 13
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Portrait of Aristide Briand (1862-1932), ca. 1928
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 8 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing, 21 x 17 1/2 inches
Labeled: Aristide Briand World's Work - Oct. '28
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 Portrait of Thomas Garrido y Canabal (1890-1943), ca. 1935
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 9 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches
Labeled: Thomas Garrido/Newsweek - 7-27-35
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 Portrait of Saturnino Cedillo (1890-1939), ca. 1937
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 10 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches
Labeled: Saturnino Cedillo/Newsweek - 8-28-37 - p. 15
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Portrait of Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), ca. 1937
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 11 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing, 22 x 15 inches
Labeled: Neville Chamberlain/Newsweek - 6-5-37 p. 13
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Portrait of Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 12 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 19 x 15 5/8 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 2 FOLDER 1 Portrait of William Z. Foster (1881-1966)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 13 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 24 3/8 x 18 5/8 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 2 FOLDER 1 Portrait of Rudolph Hess (1894-1987), ca. 1934
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 14 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches
BOX 2 FOLDER 2 Portrait of Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), ca. 1932
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 15 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 18 x 23 1/4 inches
Labeled: Paul Von Hindenburg - R-T Mag 10-2-32 - with article by Emil Lengyel - "Hindenburg - Man and Legend"
BOX 2 FOLDER 2 Portrait of Dr. Alfred Hugenberg (1865-1951), ca. 1932
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 16 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches
Labeled: Alfred Hugenberg-H.T. MAG/7-24-32 - with article by C. Patrick Thompson - "Germany's Nationalistic Chief"
BOX 2 FOLDER 3 Portrait of Viscount Ishii Kikujiro (1866-1945)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 17 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 24 3/4 x 18 7/8 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 2 FOLDER 3 Portrait of Count Michael Károlyi (1871-1946), ca. 1929
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 18 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 19 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches
Labeled: Count Michael Karolyi Herald - Trib Mag 11-17-29. With an article by Pierre Loving - "Hungary's Exiled Premier"
BOX 2 FOLDER 4 Portrait of David Lloyd-George (1863-1945), November 20, 1927
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 19 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing, 22 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
Note: Verso stamped with date
BOX 2 FOLDER 4 Portrait of J. Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 20 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 20 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 2 FOLDER 5 Portrait of Gerardo Machado (1871-1939), September 6, 1937
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 21 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 22 3/8 x 19 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 2 FOLDER 5 Portrait of Thomas G. Masaryk (1850-1937)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 22 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 21 1/4 x 17 3/8 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 2 FOLDER 6 Portrait of Vincent Massey (1887-1967), ca. 1927
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 23 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing, 20 x 16 3/8 inches
Labeled: Vincent Massey H-T Mag 4-17-27 with an article by Anne Hard - "Canada's First Minister"
BOX 2 FOLDER 6 Portrait of Roberto M. Ortiz (1886-1942)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 24 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 3 FOLDER 1 Portrait of Ignace Paderewski (1860-1941)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 25 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 22 1/2 x 18 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 3 FOLDER 1 Portrait of Paul Painleve (1863-1933)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 26 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 24 3/4 x 19 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 3 FOLDER 2 Portrait of Franz von Pappen (1879-1969)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 27 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 25 3/8 x 19 3/4 inches
BOX 3 FOLDER 2 Portrait of General John J. Pershing (1860-1948), ca. 1930
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 28 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 22 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches
BOX 3 FOLDER 3 Portrait of Pope Pius XI (1857-1939)
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 29 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 3 FOLDER 3 Portrait of Raymond Poincaré (1860-1934), August 28, 1927
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 30 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 21 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches
BOX 3 FOLDER 4 Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887-1944), March 20, 1932
Call No: LOT 15183, no. 31 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing heightened with white chalk, 21 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches
Note: Signed by sitter
BOX 3 FOLDER 4 Portrait of Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929)
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