Elvis in Charcoal no. 290, work in progress
The first drawing for 2022 will be an image of Elvis on December 1th 1955 in the RCA Twenty-fourth Street Studio in New York.
Elvis was in new York December 1st 1955 to meet with the Colonel and RCA executives, including president Larry Kanaga and publicity director Anne Fulchino. A photo shoot has been arranged and pictures of Elvis and the Colonel, Elvis and Steve Sholes and Elvis and fellow RCA recording artists Eddy Arnold who happened to be in New York for a session. The photo’s are taken in RCA’s Twenty-fourth Street studio, along with posed action shots that will be used on the back of Elvis’ first album.This was his first publicity photoshoot for RCA Victor.


The drawing will be 30 x 40 cm. And it is made with charcoal, ink and white chalk on colored paper.