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Einar Nerman (Sweden 1888 - 1983) Charcoal drawing on paper, Portrait of Eva (possibly Eva Gabor) signed lower left, signed inscription lower right. Wood frame and glazed. 8lbs Einar Nerman wrote songs and music and composed music to many of his brother Ture Nerman's poems. He also made many of the artistic book covers for his Communist brother's published writings. Einar Nerman also made illustrations for many of the books by Selma Lagerlöf. In Sweden today, he is mostly known, or unknown, for being the man behind the art of the Solstickan matchbox. He also made some famous drawings of Greta Garbo, one of which was used on a postage stamp in 2005, a hundred years after the moviestar's birth. Nerman owned and inhabited Hersbyholm in Lidingö, Sweden. He bought the property in 1930. A book of his drawings appeared in 1976: Caught in the Act (Harrap, London) with an introduction by his friend, lyricist Sandy Wilson. It contained many caricatures of friends in the London theatre world. From 1922 to 1930 he was the theatre cartoonist for The Tatler and also worked for the fashionable magazine Eve. The book is dedicated to Ivor Novello whom he had met in Stockholm in 1918. In the 1940s in New York he worked for the Journal-American. There is much additional information in Caught in the Act, as well as examples of his work, sometimes said to be "Beardsleyesque", and his celebrity caricatures are as distinctive as those of Ralph Barton. Measurements: Approx. Drawing image 16 x 20 inches; frame 22 x 26 inches Condition: Drawing in very good condition, yellowing to paper, light damp stain lower right. Frame has some display wear and chipping. (WSB1). Domestic Shipping:$40