Leo Bensemann
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1912, d.1986
Feodor Chaliapine (Don Quixote)
- Ink
- Presented to the Gallery by Mary Bensemann, 1995
- 355 x 250mm
- 96/44
Tags: caricatures, hair, men (male humans), monochrome, musicians, people (agents), performing artists, profiles (figures), singers
Fyodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), the great Russian bass, toured New Zealand in September 1926. J C Williamson's advertisement in The Evening Post billed him as 'The greatest singer the world has ever known.'