Maurice Evans in theater illustrations, 1948 and n.d.

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Maurice Evans in theater illustrations, 1948 and n.d.

One crayon portrait of Maurice Evans with a hard to read signature and no date, and one theater poster in watercolor and pencil for a production of Man and Superman directed, produced and acted in by Evans at the Hudson Theatre in 1948 and signed by Evans, "For Sol."

2 drawings : color ; 31 cm. x 46 cm. and smaller

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SNAC Resource ID: 8123923

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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