Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Caricature of Ed Sullivan as a race horse [drawing].

BIB_ID
445174
Accession number
MA 23829.11
Creator
Peb, 1926.
Published
1950s.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Anonymous gift in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2021.
Description
1 drawing
Notes
Formerly one of a group of caricatures of Ed Sullivan that hung in his office at The Ed Sullivan Theatre. Cf. Christie's Live auction 8463, December 5, 2000, Lot number 71.
189 x 252 mm
Summary
Cartoon shows the figure of a horse with the head of Ed Sullivan, walking to the right and led by a figure possibly intended to represent Frank Sinatra; with two roofs with steeples in the background at right.
Medium
Black ink over graphite on paper.
Classification