Ben Solowey
Subtitle: portraits of the theatrical past, 1929-1940
Contributors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-1995, former owner; New York Public Library. Library & Museum of the Performing Arts
Publisher: Library & Museum of the Performing Arts
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Subjects: Exhibitions; Actors; Portraits; Theater; History; New York Public Library. Library & Museum of the Performing Arts; New York Public Library
Other titles: Portraits of the theatrical past, 1929-1940
Notes: Title from portfolio covers.

Two paper portfolios are printed with title and publisher information, as well as biographical information of Mr. Solowey.

Consists of charcoal portraits of theatrical personalities done between 1929 and 1940 for the New York Times, the Herald Tribune and the New York Post, among other papers.

Two portfolios of reproductions from an exhibition of Solowey's portraits held at the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts in 1975.

Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Portfolio 1 contains a "Celebrity quiz" companion to the exhibition (23 x 72 cm, folded to 23 x 18 cm).

Gift; Seymour Durst; 2012. plate:seymourdurst