Additional information
| Artist | Saroyan |
|---|---|
| Country | American, Armenian |
| Region | North American |
ArtistSaroyan, Wlliam
Artist Years1908-1981
Artist NationalityAmerican, Armenian
TitleSelf Portrait as Trapeze Acrobat
Yearca. 1945-50
MediumDrawing > Mixed Media
DimensionsSheet: 10.9 X 7.9 inches
Description
Ink, watercolor and gouache on vellum paper, extremely rare self-portrait as the daring young man on the flying trapeze, signed in reddish ink at lower right corner, executed in brown ink-wash and white gouache on smooth on cream vellum, without margins. Mint condition. Free shipping to US address.
NotesSaroyan, a consummate artist in addition to brilliant novelist and playright, pictured himself here as the daring young man following the publication of his Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze ca. 1945-1950. He pictured himself with bushy hair and black mustache smoking a cigar wearing a trapeze artist leotard
Note:
Late in 1933 Saroyan sent to Story, a national magazine, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, a story, part experimental, about a young writer who starves to death, with dignity. It was accepted and he was paid fifteen dollars. This was the decisive moment of acceptance, marking the end of his long apprenticeship. Many years afterwards he was to write that the only success that means anything to a writer happens when he becomes accepted as a writer at all. The rest is beside the point. More pieces were printed in Story in later months, and as word spread of this new and exciting literary find, stories were soon appearing in such magazines as The American Mercury, Harper’s, The Yale Review, Scribner’s, and The Atlantic Monthly. By October 1934 Random House was ready to publish The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. Surprisingly, for a collection of short stories, the book was a best-seller. William Saroyan—or Saroyan, as he now became known—had arrived on the literary scene with a bang.
(source: William Saroyan Foundation)
Price $6,500.00