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Richard SargentThe Fat Lady Sings, Saturday Evening Post Cover1961
1961
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Medium: Watercolor on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 16, 1961
The Post described, “Put That Old Gang of Mine in the same room with a piano and a pretty girl to play it, and soon The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round. But regard the intrusion of an aspiring Isolde just as the harmony reaches a peak of perfection. She lustily contributes so many decibels that even deaf Beethoven winces at the vibrations. Stormy Weather begins to blow. Our over grown Alice Blue Gown obviously enjoys belting out a soprano supplement to Sweet Adeline (molto espressivo), although in a style more Wagnerian than barbershop. On the other hand, the disgruntled quartet clearly wishes she would sing “Show Me the Way to Go Home” or get On a Slow Boat to China. Then they could go back to “Ain’t We Got Fun?” (con brio).”
(The Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 16, 1961, p. 3)
- Creator:Richard Sargent (1911 - 1978, American)
- Creation Year:1961
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fort Washington, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38435859312
Richard Sargent
Richard 'Dick' Sargent, one of The Saturday Evening Post’s most prolific illustrators, was a Midwesterner born in Moline, Illinois, on March 26, 1911. His early career in art began just after his graduation from Moline High School when he went to work for a local printing and engraving plant. While there, Sargent attended night classes at the Moline Illinois Art School, the foundation for his future career as an artist. Sargent then studied at the Corcoran School of Art, and in 1951, he completed his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post, “Truth About Santa,” for the December 15 Christmas issue. While Sargent’s popularity grew through the exposure he received with the Post, he also did illustration work for magazines such as Fortune, Woman’s Day, Photoplay, and American Magazine among others. Americans adored Sargent and his art for his ability to show relatable, pregnant scenes with open-ended conclusions that commented on the situational comedy of life. In the late 1960s he retired to the Andalusia region of Spain and died there in 1978.
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