Avonne Taylor…has joined the ranks of “The Midnight Frolic” on the New Amsterdam Roof.
A scrapbook fragment, c. 1922, photos by Edward Thayer Monroe - from Avonne’s personal collection.
A Convergence Of Two Girly Art Gods!
FILM FUN magazine, 1924, cover by Enoch Bolles, interior art by Wesley Morse, featuring actress Mae Murray and screen vamp Nita Naldi.
Wesley Morse, Pencil, pen and ink and gouache on stationery, 7.25 x 10.75in.
• How It Seemed To Talk With You Today — Wednesday Night, 1922-23(?)
• To Late (sic) — Thursday Night, 1922-23(?)
Although the majority of the drawings in the collection are stand-alone gags, there are three sets of two-panel sequential pages. This is a splendid example, with Morse cleverly utilizing the tossed life preserver as a unifying visual and story element. Also, There is a poignant undertone here, a sense of longing and loss, present through much of his illustrated correspondence with Avonne.
