Pencil drawings for Vanity Fair. Unfortunately these were done on thin paper, and the combination of this with the heavy areas of black has led to creasing.
Pencil drawing for Vanity Fair April 1927 page 57. One of 5 drawings for Opera Addicts from Grand Tier to Gallery. The caption is THE HARD OF HEART
Pencil drawing for Vanity Fair February 1929, page 66. One of 4 drawings for An Up-to-Date Guide to the Opera. The caption is THE DEATH GRAPPLE Herr Gottwillig and Fraulein Dannenpfeffer are just bringing to its anguished close the tragic tale of Tristan und Isolde. Tristan has been pierced in the paunch by one of King Mark’s henchmen, way back in the second act, and his hefty sweetheart implanted firmly and probably permanently on his chest, sings on and on and on…
Pencil drawing for Vanity Fair February 1929, page 66. One of 4 drawings for An Up-to-Date Guide to the Opera. The caption is DER SUPERMANN Albert Gratzmuller roles are .commonly those of large overstuffed Gods and Giants who haunt the mysterious doings of The Ring. He is shown above as Wotan chanting the values of Das Rheingold, When he thumps his spear on the ground the mountains tremble. Once when he slipped and fell, a large tree topplked right over!
Pencil drawing, probably an un-used one for Our Visiting Conductors which appeared in Vanity Fair in January 1927