Lot 190
Portraits of Musicians – B.F. Dolbin – Original Sketches and a Booklet
Portraits of musicians, 19 original sketches and a booklet by the artist and caricaturist B.F. Dolbin (Benedikt Fred Dolbin). • 19 sketched portraits of musicians (all except one in pencil). All captioned; 15 of them signed and five dated. 29.5X25 on average. One sketch the size of 59X47.5 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains, tears, pieces of tape and creases. Browning to some portraits. • Die Festwoche des Reichsverbandes Deutscher Tonkünstler und Musiklehrer anlässlich der Internationalen Ausstellung Musik im Leben der Völker in Frankfurt a./M. 16.-21. August 1927. Berlin: Verlagsanstalt Deutscher Tonkünstler [1927]. 34 plates featuring dozens of portraits of musicians by Dolbin. [1] printed cover, 34 plates, 28 cm. Missing back cover. Good condition. Minor creases.
Benedikt Fred Dolbin (1883-1971) was born in Vienna. After working for some time as a civil engineer and a cabaret singer, he turned to illustration and sketching. Caricatures by him were published in journals, books, theater programmes and advertisements. Since 1926, he lived in Berlin. In 1935, escaping Nazi persecution, he settled in New York, where he continued to work as an illustrator and caricaturist.
