This pencil or ink caricature shows a roller skater with an oversized head and compact body, posed in profile with one leg lifted behind. The figure wears a collared shirt, shorts, knee pads, and roller skates. Handwritten text identifies the subject as Joe Laurey, “The Iron Man,” notes a birthday of Febr. 24.
The lower inscription includes the artist name (Chas.) Charles R. Steindl and a copyright date of March 15, 1939. After he had emigrated to the U.S.A., Hungarian-born Charles R. Steindl first worked as a photographer. Later, in the 1930s, he wisely turned to the art of caricature, which brought him recognition.
