New York City: A Portrait Through Stamp Art

November 17, 2015

Moss Hart was an award-winning dramatist, director, performer, producer, theater owner and writer. He won a Tony Award as director of the musical My Fair Lady. This portrait shows Hart surrounded by marquee-style titles of three of his famous plays. A fourth marquee displays his name and evokes the iconic feel of Broadway at night.

Moss Hart Literary Arts Series

Medium board, oil

Illustrator Tim O’Brien (b. 1964)

Art Director Ethel Kessler

First Day of Issue October 24, 2004

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