Sardi's (Restaurant) caricatures, 1927-1952?.

Sardi's (Restaurant)

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Sardi's restaurant at 234 West 44th Street in New York City's theater district was opened on March 5, 1927 by Vincent and Eugenia Sardi. Inspired by a Paris restaurant, Sardi contracted with caricaturists to draw prominent restaurant patrons to illustrate the walls. The first caricaturist was Alex Gard who received a meal a day in return for his drawings and drew for Sardi's until his death in 1948. He was followed by John Mackey, whose tenure was brief, and then Don Bev...

Gard, Alex

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Born in Kazan, Russia in 1900, Gard emigrated to the United States in 1924. Perhaps Gard's most famous works are his caricatures of Broadway celebrities for the walls of Sardi's restaurant, for which he was paid in meals. His drawings also appeared in The New York Herald Tribune's drama section. Gard died in New York City en route to the hospital in 1948. From the description of Alex Gard caricatures, ca. 1926-1948. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 704263909 Fr...

Bevan, Donald

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Don Bevan, American playwright, was also a caricaturist for Sardi's restaurant in New York City. From the description of Caricature of Mayor John Lindsay, 1967. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 700069629 ...

Mackey, John Timothy

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