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Victor Moore as Moonface Martin in "Anything Goes"

Sitter Victor Moore American
ca. 1934
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This caricature of the actor, comedian and writer Victor Moore shows him dressed as a priest holding a shotgun. In 1934 he played Moonface Martin (Public Enemy no. 13 who sails on the S.S. American disguished as a priest) in Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" on Broadway,.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Victor Moore as Moonface Martin in "Anything Goes"
  • Artist: Alfred J. Frueh (American, Lima, Ohio 1880–1968 Sharon, Connecticut)
  • Sitter: Victor Moore (American, 1876–1962)
  • Date: ca. 1934
  • Medium: Ink and wash, heightened with white over graphite
  • Dimensions: sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (30.1 x 24.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Alfred Ten Eyck Gardner, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.689.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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