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June Havoc and Milton Berle, American Actors

Morris Engel American
Ad Reinhardt American
1947
Not on view
Before becoming a noted Abstract Expressionist painter, Reinhardt was a journalist. He made this collage as an illustration for the left-leaning daily tabloid PM Magazine (1940–48) by combining a cutout of a photograph by Engel with his own fanciful drawing of a sunny day at the beach. The whimsical seaside backdrop seems to emerge from the dreams of snoozing vaudeville and radio stars Milton Berle and June Havoc.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: June Havoc and Milton Berle, American Actors
  • Artist: Morris Engel (American, New York 1918–2005 New York)
  • Artist: Ad Reinhardt (American, Buffalo, New York 1913–1967 New York)
  • Date: 1947
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print, ink on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
  • Classifications: Collages, Photographs
  • Credit Line: Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2016
  • Object Number: 2016.228
  • Rights and Reproduction:

    © Morris Engel © 2022 Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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