Collection of more than 100 celebrity caricatures by David Garrity, ink on cream and off-white sheets measuring approximately 10.5 x 14, circa 1978–1983, each signed in ink or felt tip by the subject, several also inscribing. Represented: Hank Aaron and Phyllis Diller, Bella Abzug, Alan Alda, Count Basie and Sarah Vaughan, Clive Barnes, Harry Belafonte, Carl Bernstein, Theodore Bikel, Eubie Blake, Mel Blanc, Karl Böhm, Victor Borge, Ernest Borgnine, Joyce Brothers, Dik Browne, Art Buchwald, William F. Buckley, George Burns, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, Sarah Caldwell, Dick Cavett, Carol Channing and Jerry Herman, Shirley Chisholm, Cab Calloway, Richard Chamberlain, Judy Chicago, Julia Child, Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Davis, Jr., Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maynard Ferguson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Lou Ferrigno, Joan Fontaine, Arlene Francis, Betty Friedan, David Frye, Ellen Fulton, Dizzy Gillespie, Arthur J. Goldberg, Ellen Goodman, Robert Goulet, Farley Granger, Kathryn Grayson, José Greco, Andrew Greeley, Dick Gregory, Steve Grogan, Alex Haley, Margaret Hamilton, Julie Harris, Skitch Henderson, Hildegarde, John Houseman, Gordie Howe, Harry James, Van Johnson, James Earl Jones, Erica Jong, Kreskin, Louise Lasser, Liberace, Viveca Lindfors, Little Richard, Sophia Loren, Chuck Mangione, Tony Martin, Johnny Mathis (2), Mitch MIller, Rita Moreno and Ben Vereen, Bess Myerson, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Newman, Helen O’Connell, Donny and Marie Osmond, Lili Palmer, Estelle Parsons, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Molly Picon, Christopher Plummer, Vincent Price, John Raitt, Lou Rawls and Gloria Gaynor, Ginger Rogers, Lulu Roman, Rose Marie, Mark Russell, Pete Seeger, Bob Steele, Connie Stevens, Tiny Tim, Mike Wallace, Lawrence Welk, Margaret Whiting, Emlyn Williams, and Bob Woodward. Also included are several blank sheets, evidently intended for the addition of a sketch at a later date. These signers include Muhammad Ali, Antonio de Almeida, Isaac Asimov, Pearl Bailey, Colette Dowling, Jonathan Edwards, Nicolai Gedda (2), Nat Hentoff, Lena Horne (2), Gian Carlo Menotti (2), Willie Pep, Jessica Savitch, Brooke Shields, Beverly Sills, and Howard K. Smith (2). In very good to fine condition, with scattered light toning and soiling (a few spots and glue stains), artist’s white highlighting to several examples, and scattered handling wear (a few wrinkles, creases, and tears). R&R COA.
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