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Show moreDrawing, ink on paper. depicts a man [Jan Werich] on a ship's deck holding the hand of a young girl who stands next to a woman holding a bouquet of flowers, the Statue of Liberty is in the background. Printed on a suitcase in the foreground "J. Werich. Prague. Peskove 5. Czechoslovakia." signed "Pelc 45" by Czech artist Antonin Pelc.
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Show moreAutograph card signed. Octavo (8vo) sheet one fold. Ink on paper. verso page 1: caricature drawing top to bottom: Jan Werich (holding a hammer), Jiri Voskovec (holding a nail) and Jaroslav Jezek (holding an accordian) stand over a coffin containing Adolph Hitler and Emperor Hirohito with Benito Mussolini tumbling to the bottom of the page. Text box: "here's hoping we all hit the nail on the head in 1942 Voskovec Werich and Jezek" initialed by the artist "AH41"; recto page 2: blank, rust mark from paper clips; verso page 3: "[illegible] & family, smoking the pipe Frank has given to me before I have left for California, from which I allready got here, what's not definate anyhow, I greet you from the depth [down arrow drawn] of my heart [heart shape drawn. Jan & Co. V&W.(?)"; recto page 4: blank, rust mark from paper clips. Note enclosed with card states in two hands (1) Sorry I forgot to include this in last epistle, HDS (Hildegarde Darmstadter Stashower ?)" and (2) "I think this was from Ada Hofmister (sic.) [probably Czech artist and friend Adolph Holfmeister] their characatureist/cartoonist."
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