Three Sam Norkin Published Ink Drawings
India ink works, all vintage, all signed, one with a stage date 1997. First, a highly stylish woman's head, no info, mint condition, sight size, 11" x 10". Second, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, the 3 actors named, signed, dated, mint condition. 17" x 12.25". Last, KAREN AKERS - CLOSER THAN EVER, front and reverse info, Signed, mint, 9.75" x 14"
Sam Norkin, 1917-2011 was a Brooklyn, New York-born cartoonist who specialized in theater caricatures for more than seven decades. His drawings of theater, opera, ballet and film celebrities appeared in Variety, Backstage, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe and many other publications. Norkin's theater reminiscences and 266 drawings came together in the book Sam Norkin, Drawings, Stories (Heinemann, 1994), which was reviewed by David Barbou
Artwork by Norkin has been exhibited in the Lincoln Center Library and Museum of the Performing Arts, the Museum of the City of New York, the Metropolitan Opera House, the Hudson River Museum in (Yonkers, New York) and various galleries.