Collected here are the 154 celebrity portraits drawn in lithographic crayon by Eric Pape and published in the New York Herald Tribune during the years of the Great Depression. These original drawings were discovered among the studio contents of the artist 60 years after his death.

 

These portraits paint a history of the notable politicians, writers, poets, artists, musicians, composers, business leaders, actors and actresses of their age. Many of these drawings, now restored to their original beauty, are currently held in museum collections worldwide.