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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANDREW J. HANKINS, NEW YORK
Lot 92

John Koch
(1909-1978)
Portrait of Faye Emerson 24 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (61.3 x 56.5 cm.)

18 November 2021, 14:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$10,200 inc. premium

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John Koch (1909-1978)

Portrait of Faye Emerson
signed 'Koch' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (61.3 x 56.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1935.

Footnotes

Provenance
Kraushaar Galleries, New York, acquired from the artist.
Wilson H. Foote, Jr. (1940-2020), New York, (possibly) acquired from the above, 1975.
By descent from the above to the present owner, husband of the above, December 2020.

This portrait by John Koch depicts famed American actress and television talk show host Faye Margaret Emerson (1917-1983). Emerson began appearing in films in 1941 after signing with Warner Bros. Studios and a year later had her first starring role in the film Lady Gangster. It was during her years in film that she famously met and married her second husband Colonel Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990), son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945). Following her emotionally traumatic divorce from Elliott Roosevelt, she transitioned to television and served as the host of several short-lived talk shows and variety shows, including Paris Cavalcade of Fashions in 1948 and The Faye Emerson Show on CBS in 1950. Emerson appeared as a frequent guest on so many talk shows and game shows, often wearing elaborate evening gowns, that she was dubbed 'The First Lady of Television.'

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