New York banker

New York banker   is original black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter  Adolf Reinhold Hallman  around 1955 ca.

On the back the blue ink stamp  "Made in Italy by Adolf Hallman, 54 Via Margutta Roma".

The state of preservation is good except for some diffused foxing.

This artwork represents standing through confident and deft strokes in black ink with a serious appearance and bullishly  Adolf Hallman  (1893 – 1968) was a Swedish illustrator who sensibly contributed to Swedish, Danish and Norwegian newspapers and magazines, including Tidens Tegn, Dagbladet, Exlex and Politiken. Among his books is På Boulevard Europa. He illustrated editions of Charles Baudelaire's  Fleurs du Mal and Guy de Maupassant's Boule de Suif.