EDWARD SOREL (1929-) Richard Nixon as W.C. Fields.
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EDWARD SOREL (1929-)
Richard Nixon as W.C. Fields.
Pen, ink, and collage on paper, circa 1970. 440x395 mm; 17¼x15½ 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.
Richard Nixon as W.C. Fields.
Pen, ink, and collage on paper, circa 1970. 440x395 mm; 17¼x15½ 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.
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EDWARD SOREL (1929-) Richard Nixon as W.C. Fields.
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