This image was created as a limited edition print and features Groucho in 1960 at age 70. The group are almost universally known today by their stage names: Chico (Leonard Marx 18871961), Harpo (Arthur Marx, born Adolph Marx 18881964), Groucho (Julius Henry Marx 18901977), Gummo (Milton Marx 1893. "You Bet Your Life" starring Groucho Marx. Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx w/ cast in the stateroom scene from A Night at the Opera (1935) The Marx Brothers were a family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Eliot in panel #2Ĭover art created for the autobiography of comedy writer ("At the Circus", "Go West") and close friend of Groucho's, Irvng Brecher, "The Wicked Wit of the West" (a phrase coined by Groucho ) "More Old Jewish Comedians" (2007) Zeppo & Gummo Marxįrom the NY Observer/2005, Groucho appears with T.S. Drawn in charcoal pencil for Entertainment Weekly, 1998Ĭreated in 2006 for my book of portraits "Old Jewish Comedians", L To R: Groucho, Chico and Harpo Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and Chris Rock channeling the Marx Brothers famous "Stateroom Scene" from "A Night at the Opera". Groucho Marx in 1975 celebrating his 85th birthday. I transcribed the interview in 1982 and created this illustration to appear with it for STOP! magazine
The Swedish wrestler/actor Tor Johnson appeared on "You Bet Your Life" in 1960. The imaged was commissioned for the book "The Art of the Marx Brothers", to be published by Fantagraphics books in 2014, edited by Daniel Kinske, and will include hundreds of illustrations and cartoons of the Marx's, including many by the legendary Al Hirschfeld.