Original signed ink profile self-portrait caricature on an off-white 5.25 x 7.75 album page, signed at the bottom, “Enrico Caruso, Ostende 1906.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered toning and soiling, and a bit of light foxing, and a rough left edge. In November of 1906, Caruso had been charged with an indecent act allegedly committed in the monkey house of New York's Central Park Zoo, where he was accused of pinching the bottom of a married woman. Caruso claimed a monkey did the bottom-pinching, but he was found guilty as charged and fined 10 dollars. Shortly thereafter, he departed for a European tour, a trip, in part, intended to help Caruso escape the controversy in NY. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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