Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

Sam Norkin
Meryl Streep John Lithgow "Secret Service" 1976 Off Broadway Theatre Caricature

1976

About the Item

Meryl Streep, John Lithgow and others starred in the Phoenix Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of "Secret Service." This original 14 x 29 inch drawing by Sam Norkin was published in the New York Daily news on April 11, 1976. Samuel Norkin (1917-2011) was a Brooklyn, New York-born cartoonist who specialized in theatre caricatures for more than seven decades. His drawings of theatre, opera, ballet and film celebrities appeared in Variety, Backstage, The Philadelphia Enquirer, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe and many other publications. Norkin learned composition and anatomy from the muralist Mordi Gassner. He received a scholarship to the Metropolitan Art School after his high school graduation, and he later attended Cooper Union, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the School of Fine and Industrial Art. During the 1940s, newspaper editors wanted to devote more space to new theatrical productions, but photo opportunities usually did not happen until a show opened. Norkin took advantage of the situation and gained access to rehearsals, performers, costume sketches, fittings and scenic designs, providing editors with illustrations prior to an opening. From 1940 to 1956, his theatrical illustrations were a regular feature in the New York Herald Tribune. Then for the next 26 years, he covered the performing arts for the Daily News. Since 1940, Norkin has had more than 4000 drawings published. This work is not framed.
  • Creator:
    Sam Norkin (1917 - 2011)
  • Creation Year:
    1976
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)
  • Medium:
    Ink,Gouache,Board
  • Movement & Style:
    Performance
  • Period:
    1970-1979
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU115625431771
More From This SellerView All
You May Also Like
  • Church Interior
    By Ray Quigley
    Located in Buffalo, NY
    A modern illustration by American artist Ray Quigley depicting two men inside of a church.
    Category

    1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Illustration Board, Gouache, Ink

    Church Interior

    Ray Quigley
    Church Interior, 1950s

  • Sleeping In, Saturday Evening Post Cover
    By Richard Sargent
    Located in Fort Washington, PA
    Medium: Gouache on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 19, 1954
    Category

    1950s Interior Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Gouache, Illustration Board

    Sleeping In, Saturday Evening Post Cover

    Richard Sargent
    Sleeping In, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1954

  • 'Cafe', Woman Artist, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Berkeley
    Located in Santa Cruz, CA
    Signed lower right, 'Marie Pascal' (French-American, 20th century) and painted circa 1990. Exhibited: Gallery Concord, December 1991. Marie Pascal studied at the École Nationale Sup...
    Category

    1990s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Gouache, Watercolor, Illustration Board

    'Cafe', Woman Artist, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Berkeley

    Marie Pascal
    'Cafe', Woman Artist, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Berkeley, Circa 1990

  • 'Figural Interior', Paris, Académie Julian, Salon D’Automne, Benezit, Bordello
    By André Dignimont
    Located in Santa Cruz, CA
    Signed lower right, "Dignimont" for André Dignimont (French, 1891-1965) and painted circa 1950. A substantial, mid-century interior showing a man and ...
    Category

    1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

    'Figural Interior', Paris, Académie Julian, Salon D’Automne, Benezit, Bordello

    André Dignimont
    'Figural Interior', Paris, Académie Julian, Salon D’Automne, Benezit, Bordello, Circa 1950

  • "The Bachelor Girls' Christmas, " Story Illustration
    By Edmund Marion Ashe
    Located in Fort Washington, PA
    Medium: Watercolor and Gouache over Graphite Signature: Signed "E.M. Ashe" Lower Left "The Bachelor Girls' Christmas." Illustration for unknown publication. Not dated.
    Category

    20th Century Interior Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Gouache, Watercolor, Graphite

    "The Bachelor Girls' Christmas, " Story Illustration

    Edmund Marion Ashe
    "The Bachelor Girls' Christmas, " Story Illustration

  • (Wounded Soldiers)
    Located in New York, NY
    While this is a World War II drawing, the barbed wire recalls the tranches of the First World War. A menacing tank at the upper left dominates the scene. There is a black border and...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Gouache

    (Wounded Soldiers)

    (Wounded Soldiers), 1945

Recently Viewed

View All

More Ways To Browse

1976 Paintings
Theatre Painting
Theatre Design Art
Theatre New York
Scenic Design
Caricature Original
Paintings Of Broadway
Theatre Costumes
Theatre Costume Art
Opera Theatres
Caricature Framed
Costume Sketches
Costume Sketch
Secret Service
Costume Broadway
News Board
John Opera
Original Costume Sketches
View All Popular Interior Drawings and Watercolors Searches